મોસંબી

Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • મુસંબી (musambī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mombaça (“Mombasa”), the place of import of these fruits.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

મોસંબી • (mosambī) f

  1. sweet lime
  2. (loosely) sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)

References

  1. ^ ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “મોસંબી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 7414.

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