موسمبی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mombaça (Mombasa).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɔː.səm.biː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: مَو‧سَم‧بی

Noun

مَوسَمبی • (mausambīf (Hindi spelling मौसंबी)

  1. sweet lemon

Declension

Declension of موسمبی
singular plural
direct مَوسَمبی (mausambī) مَوسَمبِیاں (mausambiyā̃)
oblique مَوسَمبی (mausambī) مَوسَمبِیوں (mausambiyō̃)
vocative مَوسَمبی (mausambī) مَوسَمبِیو (mausambiyō)

Descendants

  • English: mousambi, mausambi

Further reading

  • موسمبی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • موسمبی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.