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).[1] Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw (“lime, citrus”), whence Malay limau (“citrus”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪im.buː/
Noun
निम्बू • (nimbū) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | निम्बूः (nimbūḥ) | निम्ब्वौ (nimbvau) निम्बू¹ (nimbū¹) |
निम्ब्वः (nimbvaḥ) निम्बूः¹ (nimbūḥ¹) |
| accusative | निम्बूम् (nimbūm) | निम्ब्वौ (nimbvau) निम्बू¹ (nimbū¹) |
निम्बूः (nimbūḥ) |
| instrumental | निम्ब्वा (nimbvā) | निम्बूभ्याम् (nimbūbhyām) | निम्बूभिः (nimbūbhiḥ) |
| dative | निम्ब्वै (nimbvai) | निम्बूभ्याम् (nimbūbhyām) | निम्बूभ्यः (nimbūbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | निम्ब्वाः (nimbvāḥ) निम्ब्वै² (nimbvai²) |
निम्बूभ्याम् (nimbūbhyām) | निम्बूभ्यः (nimbūbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | निम्ब्वाः (nimbvāḥ) निम्ब्वै² (nimbvai²) |
निम्ब्वोः (nimbvoḥ) | निम्बूनाम् (nimbūnām) |
| locative | निम्ब्वाम् (nimbvām) | निम्ब्वोः (nimbvoḥ) | निम्बूषु (nimbūṣu) |
| vocative | निम्बु (nimbu) | निम्ब्वौ (nimbvau) निम्बू¹ (nimbū¹) |
निम्ब्वः (nimbvaḥ) निम्बूः¹ (nimbūḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Gujarati: લીંબુ (lī̃bu)
- Hindi: नींबू (nīmbū)
- Marathi: लिंबू (limbū)
- Punjabi: ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū)
- Urdu: نیمبو
- → Persian: لیمو (limu) (see there for further descendants)
- → Kannada: ನಿಂಬೆ (nimbe)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “निम्बू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/3.
- ^ “lime”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292