azul

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Aragonese

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Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈθul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul (plural azuls)

  1. blue

References

  • “azul”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

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Etymology

From Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Adjective

azul (epicene, plural azules)

  1. blue

Extremaduran

Adjective

azul

  1. blue

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈθul/, (western) /aˈsul/

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue (colour)

Inflection

The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)

  1. (countable and uncountable) azure, blue (colour)
  2. (heraldry) azure
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 308:
      rreluzíã cõtra o ssol os escudos, que erã pintados de ouro et de azur
      the shields, painted in gold and azure, glittered against the sun

See also

Colors in Galician · cores (layout · text)
     branco      gris      negro, preto
             vermello; carmín              laranxa; castaño, marrón              amarelo; crema
             verde lima              verde              menta; verde escuro
             ciano; azul verdoso              cerúleo              azul
             violeta; anil              maxenta; púrpura              rosa

References

  • “azur” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “azur” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “azul” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “azul” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “azul” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective

azul

  1. blue

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese azul.

Adjective

azul

  1. blue

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

azul

  1. hello

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

azul (plural azules)

  1. blue

References

Portuguese

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azul

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese azur (“blue”), from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French.

Compare with Galician azul (“blue”), Spanish azul (“blue”), French azur (“azure”), Italian azzurro (“blue”) and English azure.

Pronunciation

 

  • (Brazil)
    • (Fluminense, brasiliense, florianopolitano, capixaba) IPA(key): /ɐ.ˈzuw/
    • (Riverense Portuñol, gaúcho da pampa) IPA(key): /a.ˈzul/
  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
  • Hyphenation: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Noun

azul m (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Related terms

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento 		     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim 		             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom 		             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo 		             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás 		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish azur, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Doublet of azur, from French. Cognate with English azure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /aˈθul/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /aˈsul/
  • Rhymes: -ul
  • Syllabification: a‧zul

Adjective

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun

azul m (plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao
  2. (Mexico) a police officer

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: asul
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: aso̱ltiꞌ
  • → Tagalog: asul
  • → Tlamacazapa Nahuatl: asol
  • → Zoogocho Zapotec: azul

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)
     blanco      gris      negro
             rojo; carmín, carmesí              naranja, anaranjado; marrón              amarillo; crema
             lima              verde              menta
             cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo              celeste, cerúleo              azul
             violeta; añil, índigo              magenta; morado, púrpura              rosa, rosado

Further reading

Tarifit

Etymology

Possibly from Tuareg ăhul (“to send a greeting”), coined by Mammeri Mouloud.

Interjection

azul

  1. (neologism) hello

Zoogocho Zapotec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Adjective

azul

  1. blue

References

  • Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎ (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
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