لیمو

See also: ليمو

Persian

Alternative forms

• لِیمُون (līmūn / limun)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Austroasiaticbor.

Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor.

Persian لیمو

Borrowed from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū), borrowed from an Austroasiatic language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /liː.ˈmuː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [liː.múː]

• (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]

• Rhymes: -uː

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

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

لیمو • (līmū, līmō / limu) (plural لیموها (līmū-hā, līmō-hā / limu-hâ), Tajik spelling лиму, or лимӯ)

لِیمُو

1. lemon; lime

   Synonyms: بادرنگ (bādrang / bâdrang), ترنج (turanj / toranj)

Derived terms

• آب‌لیمو (āb-līmū / âb-limu, “lemon juice”)
• لیموعمانی (līmū'amānī / limu'amâni, “a type of sour lemon”)
• لیموشیرین (līmūšīrīn / limuširin, “sweet lemon”)
• لیموترش (līmūturš / limutorš, “sour lemon”)
• لیمویی (līmūyī / limuyi, “related to lemon”)

Descendants

• Tajik: лиму (limu), лимӯ (limü), лимун (limun), лимӯн (limün)
• → Arabic: لَيْمُون (laymūn), لِيمُو (līmū) — obsolete, لُومِيّ (lūmiyy) — Oman, Gulf, ⁨Eastern Saudi-Arabia
  • → 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)
  • → Turkmen: leýmun
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: लीमूँ (līmū̃), लीमूं (līmū̃), लीमू (līmū)

  Urdu: لِیمُوں (līmū̃), لیمو (līmū)

• → Northern Luri: ڵیمووڕ (llimurr)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لیمون
  • Turkish: limon