لمى

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل م ي (l m y)
1 term

Pronunciation

Noun

لَمًى (lamanm

  1. dark red colour (of lips)
    • a. 1374, Ibn al-Khatib, Zaman Al-Wasl:
      بِٱلَّذِي أَسْكَرَ مِنْ عَذْبِ ٱللَّمَى
      كُلَّ كَأْسٍ تَحْتَسِيهِ وَحَبَبْ
      وَٱلَّذِي كَحَّلَ جَفْنَيْكَ بِمَا
      سَجَدَ ٱلسِّحْرُ لَدَيْهِ وَٱقْتَرَبْ
      bi-llaḏī ʔaskara min ʕaḏbi l-lamā
      kulla kaʔsin taḥtasīhi waḥabab
      wallaḏī kaḥḥala jafnayka bimā
      sajada s-siḥru ladayhi waqtarab
      By the one who with the sweetness of their lips has intoxicated – the sweet wine that you drink – and the one who has painted your eyelids with kohl, by the one – for whom magic kneels and approaches
Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Proper noun

لَمَى (lamāf

  1. a female given name, Lama
Declension

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Adjective

لَمّی (lammī) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੰਮੀ)

  1. feminine of لَمّا (lammā, tall; high)