निम्बू

Sanskrit

Of Austroasiatic origin, possibly 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 nimbvāḥ	निम्बूभ्याम् nimbūbhyām	निम्बूभ्यः nimbūbhyaḥ
Genitive	निम्ब्वाः nimbvāḥ	निम्ब्वोः nimbvoḥ	निम्बूनाम् nimbūnām
Locative	निम्ब्वाम् nimbvām	निम्ब्वोः nimbvoḥ	निम्बूषु nimbūṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

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]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292

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