Home › Words › N › nilgainilgai/ˈnɪlɡaɪ/nilgai · noun — A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).nilgai is pronounced /ˈnɪlɡaɪ/.EtymologyFrom Hindi नीलगाय (nīlgāy, “nilgai”), from नीला (nīlā, “blue”) + गाय (gāy, “cow”).nounA large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bluebok 61% match — bluebuck vs nilgai →bharal 61% match — A blue sheep, being any species of the genus Pseudois, goatlike bovids of the Himalayas and western China with a bluish-grey coat; Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur). vs nilgai →nayaur 61% match — The bharal or blue sheep, Pseudois nayaur. vs nilgai →nyala 61% match — A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii), with thin white stripes in the grey or brown coat, a ridge of tufted hair running all along the spine, and long horns with a spiral twist. vs nilgai →bubaline 60% match — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a buffalo. vs nilgai →blackbuck 59% match — An Indian antelope, Antilope cervicapra; a sasin. vs nilgai →sladang 58% match — A gaur or Indian bison (Bos gaurus). vs nilgai →sasin 58% match — Indian antelope; blackbuck vs nilgai →