نیلوفر
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Ipomoea barbatisepala
Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), ultimately from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
| Dari | نیلوفر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нилуфар |
نیلوفر • (nilufar) (plural نیلوفرها (nilufar-hâ))
- water lily
- Ipomoea
- 982, Hudud al-'Alam:
- از وی ترنج و نارنج و نیشکر و نیلوفر خیزد.
- az vey toranj o nârenj o neyšekar o nilufar xizad.
- Bergamot orange, bitter orange, sugarcanes, and Ipomoea grow over there .
- 982, Hudud al-'Alam:
Derived terms
- نیلوفر آبی (nilufar-e âbi)
- جشن نیلوفر (jašn-e nilufar)
Related terms
- نیلی (nili)
Descendants
- Tajik: нелӯфар (nelüfar), нилуфар (nilufar)
- → Azerbaijani: nilufər
- → Bengali: নীলুফার (niluphar)
- → Gujarati: નીલોફર (nīlophar)
- → Hindustani:
- → Odia: ନିଲୋଫର (nilophara)
- → Punjabi:
- → Kurdish:
- → Ottoman Turkish: لولوفر (lülüfer), نیلوفر (nilüfer), لوفر (lufar), نیلوپر (niluper), نیلوبرگ (niluberg)
- → Uzbek: nilufar
(some forms may be influenced by Arabic)
Proper noun
| Dari | نیلوفر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Нилуфар |
نیلوفر • (nilufar)
- a female given name, Nilufar or Niloofar, from Middle Persian
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نیلوفر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press