كحلي

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of كُحْل (kuḥl) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

كُحْلِيّ (kuḥliyy) (feminine كُحْلِيَّة (kuḥliyya), masculine plural كُحْلِيُّونَ (kuḥliyyūna), feminine plural كُحْلِيَّات (kuḥliyyāt))

  1. dark blue, blue-black,[1] navy blue[2]
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

كَحِّلِي (kaḥḥilī) (form II) /kaħ.ħi.liː/

  1. second-person feminine singular imperative of كَحَّلَ (kaḥḥala)

References

  1. ^ Sabra, A. I. (1989) The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham: Books I-III: on Direct Vision, part II, page 41
  2. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “كحلي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كُحْلِيّ (kuḥliyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuħ.li/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

كحلي (kuḥli) (feminine كحلية (kuḥliyye))

  1. dark blue, navy blue
    Synonym: أزرق غامق (ʔazraʔ ḡameʔ)

See also

Colors · الألوان (il-ʔalwān)
     أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, white)      أسود (ʔaswad, black)
          أحمر (ʔaḥmar, red), خمري (ḵamri, crimson)      رمادي (ramādi, grey), سكني (sakani, grey)
          بردقاني (burdʔāni, orange), بني (binni, brown)      أصفر (ʔaṣfar, yellow)
     أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, green)           أزرق (ʔazraʔ, blue), كحلي (kuḥli, navy)
     بنفسجي (banafsaji, violet), نهدي (nahdi, purple)      زهري (zahri, pink), ليلكي (lēlaki, lilac)