ليمون

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Arabic

لَيْمُون
 ليمون on Arabic Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian لیمو (lêmô, limu) (compare Tajik лемӯ (lemü), лимӯ (limü)), a loanword, probably from Indo-Aryan (compare Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, lime)). The form لُومِيّ (lūmiyy) is a separate borrowing introduced via Omani Arabic from Tamil எலுமிச்சை (elumiccai, lemon, lime), often meaning dried lemons traded as a spice specifically.

Pronunciation

Noun

لَيْمُون (laymūnm (collective, singulative لَيْمُونَة f (laymūna))

  1. (uncountable, collective) lemon (fruit)

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Descendants

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ليمون
Cyrillic лимон
Latin limon

Noun

ليمون (lïmon)

  1. Arabic spelling of лимон (limon).

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, lemons).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laj.muːn/, /liː.muːn/

Noun

لَيْمون or لِيمون (laymūn or līmūnm (collective, singulative لَيْمونة f (laymūna) or لِيمونة f (līmūna), paucal لَيْمونات (laymūnāt) or لِيمونات (līmūnāt))

  1. oranges (fruit)
    Synonym: لتشين (litšīn)
  2. lemons (fruit)
    Synonym: حامض (ḥāmiḍ)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).

Noun

ليمون (lēmūnm (collective)

  1. Alternative form of لمون (lamūn)