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 綠藜 (huīlǜlí, oak-leaved goosefoot).

Noun

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

  1. tomato

Synonyms

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