ليمون

See also: لیمون

Arabic

لَيْمُون

Alternative forms

• لِيمُو (līmū) — obsolete
• لُومِيّ (lūmiyy) — Oman, Gulf, ⁨Eastern Saudi-Arabia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor.

Arabic ليمون

From Persian لیمو (līmū / limu) (compare Tajik лемӯ (lemü), лимӯ (limü)), a loanword, probably from Indo-Aryan (compare Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”)). The form لُومِيّ (lūmiyy) is a separate borrowing introduced via Omani Arabic from Tamil எலுமிச்சை (elumiccai, “lemon, lime”), often meaning dried lemons traded as a spice specifically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj.muːn/

Noun

لَيْمُون • (laymūn) m (collective, singulative لَيْمُونَة f (laymūna))

1. (uncountable, collective) lemon (fruit)

Declension

Declension of noun لَيْمُون (laymūn)

collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَيْمُون laymūn	اللَّيْمُون al-laymūn	لَيْمُون laymūn
nominative	لَيْمُونٌ laymūnun	اللَّيْمُونُ al-laymūnu	لَيْمُونُ laymūnu
accusative	لَيْمُونًا laymūnan	اللَّيْمُونَ al-laymūna	لَيْمُونَ laymūna
genitive	لَيْمُونٍ laymūnin	اللَّيْمُونِ al-laymūni	لَيْمُونِ laymūni
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَيْمُونَة laymūna	اللَّيْمُونَة al-laymūna	لَيْمُونَة laymūnat
nominative	لَيْمُونَةٌ laymūnatun	اللَّيْمُونَةُ al-laymūnatu	لَيْمُونَةُ laymūnatu
accusative	لَيْمُونَةً laymūnatan	اللَّيْمُونَةَ al-laymūnata	لَيْمُونَةَ laymūnata
genitive	لَيْمُونَةٍ laymūnatin	اللَّيْمُونَةِ al-laymūnati	لَيْمُونَةِ laymūnati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَيْمُونَتَيْن laymūnatayn	اللَّيْمُونَتَيْن al-laymūnatayn	لَيْمُونَتَيْ laymūnatay
nominative	لَيْمُونَتَانِ laymūnatāni	اللَّيْمُونَتَانِ al-laymūnatāni	لَيْمُونَتَا laymūnatā
accusative	لَيْمُونَتَيْنِ laymūnatayni	اللَّيْمُونَتَيْنِ al-laymūnatayni	لَيْمُونَتَيْ laymūnatay
genitive	لَيْمُونَتَيْنِ laymūnatayni	اللَّيْمُونَتَيْنِ al-laymūnatayni	لَيْمُونَتَيْ laymūnatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَيْمُونَات laymūnāt	اللَّيْمُونَات al-laymūnāt	لَيْمُونَات laymūnāt
nominative	لَيْمُونَاتٌ laymūnātun	اللَّيْمُونَاتُ al-laymūnātu	لَيْمُونَاتُ laymūnātu
accusative	لَيْمُونَاتٍ laymūnātin	اللَّيْمُونَاتِ al-laymūnāti	لَيْمُونَاتِ laymūnāti
genitive	لَيْمُونَاتٍ laymūnātin	اللَّيْمُونَاتِ al-laymūnāti	لَيْمُونَاتِ laymūnāti

Derived terms

• لَيْمُونِيّ (laymūniyy, relative adjective)
• لَيْمُونَة (laymūna, “single lemon”)
• لَيْمُونِيَّة (laymūniyya, “lemon-stew”)

Descendants

• → Afar: liim
• → Amharic: ሎሚ (lomi), ሎሚን (lomin)
• → Beja: lemuun
• → Blin: ሎሚ (lōmi)
• → Catalan: llimona
• → Ge'ez: ሎሚ (lomi)
• → Hausa: lḕmō
• → Italian: limone
• → Old French: lymon
  • → Middle English: lymon
    • English: lemon
      • → Kashubian: lemòna (Canada, United States)
    • Scots: leemon
• → Portuguese: limão
• → Saho: liimin
• → Sicilian: lumiuni, limiuni, ddimiuni
• → Somali: liin
• → Spanish: limón
• → Tigre: ሎሚን (lomin), ሌሚን (lemin), ሌሙን (lemun), ሌማን (leman)
• → Tigrinya: ሎሚ (lomi), ሎሚን (lomin), ለሚን (lämin)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ليمون
Cyrillic	лимон
Latin	limon

Noun

ليمون • (lïmon)

1. Arabic spelling of лимон (limon).

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor.

Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn)

Moroccan Arabic ليمون

Inherited from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), borrowed from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū), borrowed from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj.muːn/, /liː.muːn/

Noun

لَيْمون or لِيمون • (laymūn or līmūn) m (collective, singulative لَيْمونة f (laymūna) or لِيمونة f (līmūna), paucal لَيْمونات (laymūnāt) or لِيمونات (līmūnāt))

1. oranges (fruit)

   Synonym: لتشين (litšīn)

2. lemons (fruit)

   Synonym: حامض (ḥāmiḍ)

Derived terms

• ليموني (laymūni, līmūni, “orange (colour)”)

North Levantine Arabic

(sense 1)

(sense 2)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor.

Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn)

North Levantine Arabic ليمون

Inherited from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), borrowed from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū), borrowed from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū).

Pronunciation

• (Lebanon) IPA^(key): /laj.muːn/
• (Syria) IPA^(key): /leː.muːn/

Noun

ليمون • (laymūn) m (collective, singulative ليمونة f (laymūne))

2. (Lebanon) oranges
4. (Syria) lemons

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor.

Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn)

South Levantine Arabic ليمون

Inherited from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn), borrowed from Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū), borrowed from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū).

Noun

ليمون • (lēmūn) m (collective)

1. alternative form of لمون (lamūn)