निम्बू

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬦᬶᬫ᭄ᬩᬹ (Balinese script)
নিম্বূ (Assamese script)
নিম্বূ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰰𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀽 (Brahmi script)
𑌨𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍂 (Grantha script)
નિમ્બૂ (Gujarati script)
ਨਿਮੑਬੂ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦤꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦹ (Javanese script)
និម្ពូ (Khmer script)
ನಿಮ್ಬೂ (Kannada script)
ນິມ຺ພູ (Lao script)
നിമ്ബൂ (Malayalam script)
𑘡𑘱𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘴 (Modi script)
ᠨᢈᠮᠪᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
ᠨᡳᠮᠪᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
နိမ္ဗူ (Burmese script)
𑧁𑧒𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐶𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐹 (Newa script)
ନିମ୍ବୂ (Oriya script)
ꢥꢶꢪ꣄ꢨꢹ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆴𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆷 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖰𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖳 (Siddham script)
නිම්බූ (Sinhalese script)
నిమ్బూ (Telugu script)
นิมฺพู (Thai script)
ནི་མྦཱུ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒱𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒴 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Of Austroasiatic origin, possibly Mundari लेम्बु (lembu).[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nim.buː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪im.buː/

Noun

निम्बू • (nimbū) m

common lime or lemon

Descendants

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

References

Monier Williams (1899), “निम्बू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551.

“lime”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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