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Certain: The standard etymology in the RAE dictionary and in Corriente; no serious doubt.Plants & animals · Common

nenúfar

water lilyplanta acuática de hojas flotantes

Comes from Arabic

نِينُوفَر

nīnūfar

“the water lily”«el nenúfar»

Arabic today says

نِيلُوفَر

nīlūfar

The article

It came in without the article.

Arabic itself had taken it from Persian, which took it from Sanskrit.

The story

From Persian nīlūfar, of Sanskrit origin (nīla, "blue"). Arabic has both forms, nīnūfar and nīlūfar.Del persa nīlūfar, de origen sánscrito (nīla, «azul»). El árabe tiene las dos formas, nīnūfar y nīlūfar.

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