نیلوفر

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /niː.luː.ˈfar/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [niː.luː.fäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [niː.luː.fäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [niː.luː.fäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.lu.fäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [niː.luː.fæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ni.lu.fäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nīlūfar
Dari reading?	nīlūfar
Iranian reading?	nilufar
Tajik reading?	nilufar

Noun

نیلوفر • (nīlūfar / nilufar) (plural نیلوفرها (nīlūfar-hā / nilufar-hâ), Tajik spelling нилуфар)

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

• Tajik: нелӯфар (nelüfar), нилуфар (nilufar)
• → Azerbaijani: nilufər
• → Bengali: নীলুফার (niluphar)
• → Gujarati: નીલોફર (nīlophar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नीलोफ़र (nīlofar)

  Urdu: نِیلوفَر (nīlofar)

• → Odia: ନିଲୋଫର (nilophara)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਨੀਲੋਫ਼ਰ (nīlofar)

  Shahmukhi script: نِیلوفَر (nīlofar)

• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nîlûfer, nîlufer

• → Ottoman Turkish: لولوفر (lülüfer), نیلوفر (nilüfer), لوفر (lufar), نیلوپر (niluper), نیلوبرگ (niluberg)
  • Turkish: nilüfer
  • → Crimean Tatar: nilüfer
• → Uzbek: nilufar

(some forms may be influenced by Arabic)

Proper noun

نیلوفر • (nīlūfar / nilufar) (Tajik spelling Нилуфар)

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.