لیمو

See also: ليمو

Persian

Dari	لیمو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лимӯ

Alternative forms

• لیمون (limun)

Etymology

From Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), of Austroasiatic origin. But compare Malay limau.

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]

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

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Noun

لیمو • (limu) (plural لیموها (limu-hâ))

لیمو

1. lemon; lime

   Synonyms: بادرنگ (“bâdrang”), ترنج (toronj)

Derived terms

• لیمویی (limuyi)
• آب‌لیمو (âb-limu)
• لیموترش (limutorš)
• لیموشیرین (limuširin)

Descendants

• → Arabic: لَيْمُون (laymūn), لِيمُو (līmū); لُومِيّ (lūmiyy)
  • → Afar: liim
  • → Amharic: ሎሚ (lomi), ሎሚን (lomin)
  • → Beja: lemuun
  • → Blin: ሎሚ (lōmi)
  • → Hausa: lḕmō
  • → Old French: lymon
    • → Middle English: lymon
      • English: lemon
      • Scots: leemon
  • → Ge'ez: ሎሚ (lomi)
  • → Portuguese: limão
  • → Spanish: limón
  • → Italian: limone
  • → Saho: liimin
  • → Sicilian: limiuni
  • → Somali: liin
  • → Tigre: ሎሚን (lomin), ሌሚን (lemin), ሌሙን (lemun), ሌማን (leman)
  • → Tigrinya: ሎሚ (lomi), ሎሚን (lomin), ለሚን (lämin)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لیمون
  • Turkish: limon
• → Urdu: لیموں (līmūṉ)