لیمو

See also: ليمو

Persian


Iranian Persian	لیمو
Dari	لیمو
Tajik	лимӯ

Alternative forms

لیمون (limun)

Etymology

From Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), of Austroasiatic origin. 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): [lu.mú]

(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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