ލިނބޯ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

  • ލުނބޯ (luᵐbō)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū) possibly via Gujarati લિંબુ (limbu).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liᵐboː/, [liᵐboː]

Noun

ލިނބޯ • (liᵐbō) (plural ލިނބޯތައް)

  1. lime

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nimbū-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލިނބޯ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 157
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.