لیمو

See also: ليمو‎

Persian


Iranian Persian	لیمو
Dari	لیمو
Tajik	лимӯ

Alternative forms

لیمون‎ (limun)

Etymology

From Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), possibly from Mundari लेम्बु (lembu). But compare Malay limau.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [liː.ˈmuː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [liː.múː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [liː.múː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [luː.múː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [liː.múː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [li.mɵ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	līmū
Dari reading^?	līmū
Iranian reading^?	limu
Tajik reading^?	limü

Audio (Iran) (file)

Noun

لیمو • (limu) (plural لیموها‎ (limu-hâ))

لیمو

lemon; lime
Synonyms: بادرنگ‎ (“bâdrang”), ترنج‎ (toronj)

Derived terms

لیمویی‎ (limuyi)
آب‌لیمو‎ (âb-limu)
لیموترش‎ (limutorš)
لیموشیرین‎ (limuširin)

Descendants

→ Arabic: لَيْمُون‎ (laymūn), لِيمُو‎ (līmū); لُومِيّ‎ (lūmiyy)
- → Afar: liim
- → Amharic: ሎሚ (lomi), ሎሚን (lomin)
- → Beja: lemuun
- → Blin: ሎሚ (lōmi)
- → Hausa: lḕmō
- → Old French: lymon
  - → Middle English: lymon
    - English: lemon
    - Scots: leemon
- → Ge'ez: ሎሚ (lomi)
- → Portuguese: limão
- → Spanish: limón
- → Italian: limone
- → Saho: liimin
- → Sicilian: limiuni
- → Somali: liin
- → Tigre: ሎሚን (lomin), ሌሚን (lemin), ሌሙን (lemun), ሌማን (leman)
- → Tigrinya: ሎሚ (lomi), ሎሚን (lomin), ለሚን (lämin)
→ Ottoman Turkish: لیمون‎
- Turkish: limon
→ Urdu: لیموں‎ (līmūṉ)

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