निम्बू

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Alternative scripts

Of Austroasiatic origin; compare Mundari लेम्बु (lembu).^[1] Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw (“lime, citrus”), whence Malay limau (“citrus”).^[2]

निम्बू • (nimbū) stem, m

Masculine ū-stem declension of निम्बू (nimbū)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	निम्बूः nimbūḥ	निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹ nimbvau / nimbū¹	निम्ब्वः / निम्बूः¹ nimbvaḥ / nimbūḥ¹
Vocative	निम्बु nimbu	निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹ nimbvau / nimbū¹	निम्ब्वः / निम्बूः¹ nimbvaḥ / nimbūḥ¹
Accusative	निम्बूम् nimbūm	निम्ब्वौ / निम्बू¹ nimbvau / nimbū¹	निम्बूः nimbūḥ
Instrumental	निम्ब्वा nimbvā	निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām	निम्बूभिः nimbūbhiḥ
Dative	निम्ब्वै nimbvai	निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām	निम्बूभ्यः nimbūbhyaḥ
Ablative	निम्ब्वाः / निम्ब्वै² nimbvāḥ / nimbvai²	निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām	निम्बूभ्यः nimbūbhyaḥ
Genitive	निम्ब्वाः / निम्ब्वै² nimbvāḥ / nimbvai²	निम्ब्वोः nimbvoḥ	निम्बूनाम् nimbūnām
Locative	निम्ब्वाम् nimbvām	निम्ब्वोः nimbvoḥ	निम्बूषु nimbūṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “निम्बू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 551/3.

^ “lime”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292