neera

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neera¹

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Borrowed from Marathi नीरा (nīrā), from Sanskrit नीर (nīra, “juice, water”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nīr.

noun

  1. uncountable A sweet sap extracted from the inflorescence of various species of toddy palm and widely consumed in India and other Asian countries, sometimes fermented to produce toddy.

    Similar: palm nectar, sweet toddy

Neera²

proper noun

  1. A unisex given name. The easiest way for Neera Tanden to win confirmation as Joe Biden’s budget director is for Democrats to take the Senate in January.

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noun sap

हिन्दीनीर nīr

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@misc{neera_2026,
  title = {neera},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neera},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}