निम्बू
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Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- নিম্বূ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬶᬫ᭄ᬩᬹ (Balinese script)
- নিম্বূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- နိမ္ဗူ (Burmese script)
- નિમ્બૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਿਮ੍ਬੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂱𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ನಿಮ್ಬೂ (Kannada script)
- និម្ពូ (Khmer script)
- ນິມ຺ພູ (Lao script)
- നിമ്ബൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᠮᠪᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠮᠪᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐹 (Newa script)
- ନିମ୍ବୂ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢶꢪ꣄ꢨꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖳 (Siddham script)
- නිම්බූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚮𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚱 (Takri script)
- நிம்பூ³ (Tamil script)
- నిమ్బూ (Telugu script)
- นิมฺพู (Thai script)
- ནི་མྦཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Of Austroasiatic origin; compare Mundari लेम्बु (lembu).[1] Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw (“lime, citrus”), whence Malay limau (“citrus”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈn̪im.buː/
Noun
[edit]निम्बू • (nimbū) stem, m
Declension
[edit]Masculine ū-stem declension of निम्बू (nimbū) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | निम्बूः nimbūḥ |
निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹ nimbvau / nimbū¹ |
निम्ब्वः / निम्बूः¹ nimbvaḥ / nimbūḥ¹ |
Vocative | निम्बु nimbu |
निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹ nimbvau / nimbū¹ |
निम्ब्वः / निम्बूः¹ nimbvaḥ / nimbūḥ¹ |
Accusative | निम्बूम् nimbūm |
निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹ nimbvau / nimbū¹ |
निम्बूः nimbūḥ |
Instrumental | निम्ब्वा nimbvā |
निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām |
निम्बूभिः nimbūbhiḥ |
Dative | निम्ब्वै nimbvai |
निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām |
निम्बूभ्यः nimbūbhyaḥ |
Ablative | निम्ब्वाः / निम्ब्वै² nimbvāḥ / nimbvai² |
निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām |
निम्बूभ्यः nimbūbhyaḥ |
Genitive | निम्ब्वाः / निम्ब्वै² nimbvāḥ / nimbvai² |
निम्ब्वोः nimbvoḥ |
निम्बूनाम् nimbūnām |
Locative | निम्ब्वाम् nimbvām |
निम्ब्वोः nimbvoḥ |
निम्बूषु nimbūṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Assamese: নেমু (nemu)
- Bengali: লেবু (lebu)
- Gujarati: લીંબુ (lī̃bu)
- Hindi: नींबू (nīmbū)
- Urdu: نیمبو
- Punjabi: ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū)
- Sylheti: ꠟꠦꠝ꠆ꠛꠥ (lembu)
- → Persian: لیمو (limu) (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “निम्बू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/3.
- ^ “lime”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292