ليمون

See also: لیمون

Arabic

لَيْمُون

Etymology

From Persian لیمو (lēmō, līmū) (compare Tajik лемӯ (lemü), лимӯ (limü)), a loanword, probably from Indo-Aryan (compare Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”)).

Noun

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

1. (uncountable, collective) lemon (fruit)

Declension

Declension of noun لَيْمُون (laymūn)

Singular	basic singular 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

Derived terms

• لَيْمُونِيّ (laymūniyy)
• لَيْمُونَة (laymūna, “single lemon”)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lemon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لیمون”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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Kazakh

Noun

ليمون • (lïmon)

1. Arabic spelling of лимон (limon)