نیلوفر

From Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [niːloːˈfaɾ], [niːluːˈfaɾ], [neːloːˈfaɾ]
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [niːluːˈfæɾ]

نیلوفر • (nilufar) (plural نیلوفرها‎ (nilufar-hâ))

Ipomoea barbatisepala

1. water lily
2. 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 [Balkh].

• نیلوفر آبی‎ (nilufar-e âbi)
• جشن نیلوفر‎ (jašn-e nilufar)

• نیلی‎ (nili)

نیلوفر • (nilufar)

1. a female given name, Nilufar or Niloofar, from Middle Persian

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “نیلوفر”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press