निम्बू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of Austroasiatic origin; compare Mundari लेम्बु (lembu).[1] Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw (lime, citrus), whence Malay limau (citrus).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

निम्बू • (nimbū) stem, m

  1. the common lime or lemon

Declension

Masculine ū-stem declension of निम्बू (nimbū)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative निम्बूः
nimbūḥ
निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹
nimbvau / nimbū¹
निम्ब्वः / निम्बूः¹
nimbvaḥ / nimbūḥ¹
Vocative निम्बु
nimbu
निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹
nimbvau / nimbū¹
निम्ब्वः / निम्बूः¹
nimbvaḥ / nimbūḥ¹
Accusative निम्बूम्
nimbūm
निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹
nimbvau / nimbū¹
निम्बूः
nimbūḥ
Instrumental निम्ब्वा
nimbvā
निम्बूभ्याम्
nimbūbhyām
निम्बूभिः
nimbūbhiḥ
Dative निम्ब्वै
nimbvai
निम्बूभ्याम्
nimbūbhyām
निम्बूभ्यः
nimbūbhyaḥ
Ablative निम्ब्वाः / निम्ब्वै²
nimbvāḥ / nimbvai²
निम्बूभ्याम्
nimbūbhyām
निम्बूभ्यः
nimbūbhyaḥ
Genitive निम्ब्वाः / निम्ब्वै²
nimbvāḥ / nimbvai²
निम्ब्वोः
nimbvoḥ
निम्बूनाम्
nimbūnām
Locative निम्ब्वाम्
nimbvām
निम्ब्वोः
nimbvoḥ
निम्बूषु
nimbūṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

  • Assamese: নেমু (nemu)
  • Bengali: লেবু (lebu)
  • Gujarati: લીંબુ (lī̃bu)
  • Hindi: नींबू (nīmbū)
  • Urdu: نیمبو
  • Punjabi: ਨਿੰਬੂ (nimbū)
  • Sylheti: ꠟꠦꠝ꠆ꠛꠥ (lembu)
  • Persian: لیمو (limu) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. lime”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292
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