نیلوفر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [niːloːˈfaɾ], [niːluːˈfaɾ], [neːloːˈfaɾ]
• (Iran) IPA^(key): [niːluːˈfæɾ]

Noun

Dari	نیلوفر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нилуфар

نیلوفر • (nilufar) (plural نیلوفرها (nilufar-hâ))

Ipomoea barbatisepala

1. water lily
2. Ipomoea
   • 982, Hudud al-'Alam:

     از وی ترنج و نارنج و نیشکر و نیلوفر خیزد.

     az vey toranj o nârenj o neyšekar o nilufar xizad.

     Bergamot orange, bitter orange, sugarcanes, and Ipomoea grow over there [Balkh].

Derived terms

• نیلوفر آبی (nilufar-e âbi)
• جشن نیلوفر (jašn-e nilufar)

Related terms

• نیلی (nili)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: નીલોફર (nīlophar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نیلوفر (nîlûfer)
  • Turkish: nilüfer

Proper noun

Dari	نیلوفر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Нилуфар

نیلوفر • (nilufar)

1. a female given name, Nilufar or Niloofar, from Middle Persian

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نیلوفر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press