nilüfer

Meaning

water lily

Concepts

lotus

🪷

water lily

Synonyms

lotus

aksu gülü

Translations

nénuphar

Seerose

loto

🪷

lotus

🪷

lótus

🪷

loto

🪷

λωτός

Lotosblume

🪷

Lotos

🪷

Hornklee

lotus

νούφαρο

nimfea

Seerosen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[nilyfeɾ]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: نیلوفر

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish نیلوفر (nîlûfer), from Persian نیلوفر (nilufar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”), from नील (nīla, “blue”) + उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”).