لون

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Arabic

Root
ل و ن (l-w-n)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lawn, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lwn-; cognate with Egyptian jwn.

Pronunciation

Noun

لَوْن (lawnm (plural أَلْوَان (ʔalwān))

  1. (countable, uncountable) color
    الزُّهُورُ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَدِيقَةِ مُتَنَوِّعَةُ ٱلْأَلْوَانِ وَتُضْفِي جَمَالًا خَاصًّا عَلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ.
    az-zuhūru fī hāḏihi l-ḥadīqati mutanawwiʕatu l-ʔalwāni watuḍfī jamālan ḵāṣṣan ʕalā l-makāni.
    The flowers in this garden are diverse in colors and add a special beauty to the place.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:69:
      قَالُوا ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّاظِرِينَ
      qālū dʕu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā lawnuhā qāla ʔinnahu yaqūlu ʔinnahā baqaratun ṣafrāʔu fāqiʕun lawnuhā tasurru n-nāẓirīna
      They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.'"
  2. type, variety

Declension

Descendants

  • Egyptian Arabic: لون (lūn)
  • Gulf Arabic: لون (lōn)
  • Hijazi Arabic: لون (lōn)
  • Maltese: lewn
  • Moroccan Arabic: لون (lūn)

Further reading

Verb

لَوَّنَ (lawwana) II, non-past يُلَوِّنُ‎ (yulawwinu)

  1. to colour, to paint

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31

Egyptian Arabic

Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

لون (lūnm (plural ألوان (alwā́n))

  1. color

See also

Colors in Egyptian Arabic · الوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)
     ابيض (ʔabyɑḍ)      رمادى (rumādi)      اسود (ʔiswid)
             احمر (ʔaḥmar); لعلى (laʕli)              برتقانى (burtuʔāni); بنى (bunni)              اصفر (ʔaṣfar); سمنى (samni)
             لمونى (lamūni)              اخضر (ʔaḵḍar)              كرمبى (kurumbi); زيتى (zēti)
             فروزى (farūzi); جنزارى (ginzāri)              لازوردى (lazawardi)              ازرق (ʔazraʔ)
             بنفسجى (banafsigi); نيلى (nīli)              ارجوانى (ʔurguwāni); بتنجانى (bitingāni)              بمبى (bambi)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ل و ن
1 term

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

Noun

لون (lōnm (dual لونين (lōnēn), plural الوان (alwān))

  1. color
Derived terms
  • شلون (šlōn, how) (univerbation of شنو (šinu, what) + لون (lōn).)

Etymology 2

Root
ل و ن
1 term

From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

Pronunciation

Verb

لَوَّن (lawwan) II (non-past يلون (ylawwin))

  1. to color, to colorize

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل و ن
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

Noun

لون (lōnm (plural ألوان (ʔalwān))

  1. color

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

Pronunciation

Verb

لَوَّن (lawwan) II (non-past يِلَوِّن (yilawwin))

  1. to color, to paint
Conjugation
    Conjugation of لون (lawwan)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لونت (lawwant) لونت (lawwant) لون (lawwan) لوننا (lawwanna) لونتوا (lawwantu) لونوا (lawwanu)
f لونتي (lawwanti) لونت (lawwanat)
non-past m ألون (ʔalawwin) تلون (tilawwin) يلون (yilawwin) نلون (nilawwin) تلونوا (tilawwinu) يلونوا (yilawwinu)
f تلوني (tilawwini) تلون (tilawwin)
imperative m لون (lawwin) لونوا (lawwinu)
f لوني (lawwini)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ل و ن
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

Noun

لون (lūnm (plural ألوان (ʔalwān) or لوان (lwān))

  1. color

Etymology 2

From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

Pronunciation

Verb

لون (lawwan) II (non-past يلون (ylawwan))

  1. to color
Conjugation
    Conjugation of لون
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m لوّنت (lawwant) لوّنتي (lawwanti) لوّن (lawwan) لوّننا (lawwanna) لوّنتوا (lawwantu) لوّنوا (lawwnu)
f لوّنت (lawwnāt)
non-past m نلوّن (nlawwan) تلوّن (tlawwan) يلوّن (ylawwan) نلوّنوا (nlawwnu) تلوّنوا (tlawwnu) يلوّنوا (ylawwnu)
f تلوّني (tlawwni) تلوّن (tlawwan)
imperative m لوّن (lawwan) لوّنوا (lawwnu)
f لوّني (lawwni)

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi لوݨ (lōṇ /⁠lvn⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀡 (loṇa), from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇá) (see for cognates).

Pronunciation

Noun

لُوݨ (lūṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੂਣ)

  1. table salt
    Synonym: نَمَک (namak)
  2. (chemistry) salt

Declension

Declension of لون
dir. sg. لُوݨ (lūṇ)
dir. pl. لُوݨ (lūṇ)
singular plural
direct لُوݨ (lūṇ) لُوݨ (lūṇ)
oblique لُوݨ (lūṇ) لُوݨاں (lūṇāṉ)
vocative لُوݨا (lūṇā) لُوݨو (lūṇo)
ablative لُوݨوں (lūṇoṉ)
locative لُوݨے (lūṇe) لُوݨِیں (lūṇīṉ)
instrumental لُوݨے (lūṇe) لُوݨِیں (lūṇīṉ)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لُون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਲੂਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lavaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːn/,
  • (file)

Noun

لون (lōnm (plural ألوان (alwān))

  1. color
  2. style, genre
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)

Etymology 2

لو (law) +‎ إن (ʔinn-).

Conjunction

لونّـ (lawenn-)

  1. if (hypothetical condition; followed by a suffix pronoun)
    Synonym: لو (law)
  2. if only (followed by a suffix pronoun)
Inflection
    Inflected forms of لون
Base form لونّـ (lawenn-)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person لونّي (lawenni) لونّا (lawenna)
2nd person لونّك (lawennak) لونّك (lawennek) لونكم (lawenkom)
3rd person لونّه (lawenno) إلونها (lawenha) لونهم (lawenhom)
See also