лооль

Mongolian

Etymology

Probably originally a variant of лууль (luulʹ, “oak-leaved goosefoot”) that got associated with the phrase улаан лооль/лууль (ulaan loolʹ/luulʹ, “tomato”) and later came to mean tomato by itself. If true, the further origin would be a borrowing from Chinese 灰綠藜 (huīlǜlí, “oak-leaved goosefoot”).

Noun

лооль • (loolʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠯᠣᠣᠯᠢ (looli))

  1. tomato

Synonyms
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