English Words from Arabic
lime
اللِّيمَة
līma
English has two limes: the green fruit, from Arabic, and lime the white mineral used on walls, an old English word. This card is about the fruit.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the small green lemon
- Before Arabic
- Persian
- Arabic today says
- اللَّيْمُونُ الأَخْضَر
The path between languageslīma → lime
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