निम्बू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নিম্বূ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬶᬫ᭄ᬩᬹ (Balinese script)
• নিম্বূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• နိမ္ဗူ (Burmese script)
• નિમ્બૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਿਮ੍ਬੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂱𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ನಿಮ್ಬೂ (Kannada script)
• និម្ពូ (Khmer script)
• ນິມ຺ພູ (Lao script)
• നിമ്ബൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᠮᠪᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠮᠪᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐹 (Newa script)
• ନିମ୍ବୂ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢶꢪ꣄ꢨꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖳 (Siddham script)
• නිම‍්බූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚮𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚱 (Takri script)
• நிம்பூ³ (Tamil script)
• నిమ్బూ (Telugu script)
• นิมฺพู (Thai script)
• ནི་མྦཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of Austroasiatic origin; compare Mundari लेम्बु (lembu). Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw (“lime, citrus”), whence Malay limau (“citrus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪im.buː/

Noun

निम्बू • (nimbū) stem, m

1. the common lime or lemon

Declension

Masculine ū-stem declension of निम्बू

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	निम्बूः (nimbūḥ)	निम्ब्वौ (nimbvau)	निम्ब्वः (nimbvaḥ)
accusative	निम्बूम् (nimbūm)	निम्ब्वौ (nimbvau)	निम्बूः (nimbūḥ)
instrumental	निम्ब्वा (nimbvā)	निम्बूभ्याम् (nimbūbhyām)	निम्बूभिः (nimbūbhiḥ)
dative	निम्ब्वै (nimbvai)	निम्बूभ्याम् (nimbūbhyām)	निम्बूभ्यः (nimbūbhyaḥ)
ablative	निम्ब्वाः (nimbvāḥ)	निम्बूभ्याम् (nimbūbhyām)	निम्बूभ्यः (nimbūbhyaḥ)
genitive	निम्ब्वाः (nimbvāḥ)	निम्ब्वोः (nimbvoḥ)	निम्बूनाम् (nimbūnām)
locative	निम्ब्वाम् (nimbvām)	निम्ब्वोः (nimbvoḥ)	निम्बूषु (nimbūṣu)
vocative	निम्बु (nimbu)	निम्ब्वौ (nimbvau)	निम्ब्वः (nimbvaḥ)

Descendants

• Gujarati: લીંબુ (lī̃bu)
• Hindi: नींबू (nīmbū), नीबू (nībū), नीमबु (nīmbu)
• Marathi: लिंबू (limbū)
• Odia: ଲେମ୍ବୁ (lembu)
• Punjabi: ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū)
• Urdu: نیمبو
• → Classical Persian: لیمو (lēmū, līmū)
  • → 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:
  • → Northern Luri: ڵیمووڕ (llimurr)

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

    Urdu: لِیمُوں (līmū̃), لیمو (līmū)

  • → Ottoman Turkish: لیمون
    • Turkish: limon
• → Kannada: ನಿಂಬೆ (nimbe)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “निम्बू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/3.