How to say "color" in Arabic
New wordMeaningcolor
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
لَوْن
lawnלון
لون
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
צבע
tsevaتْسِڤَا
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Arabic root
ل-و-نThe everyday word for 'color' — Arabic keeps it separate from صبغة/ṣibgha, 'dye, pigment' (the next entry), which is the one that lines up exactly with Hebrew צבע.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
لُون
lōnלוןThe aw flattens to ō: lōn.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لُون
lūnלוןDarija turns aw into ū: lūn.
In a phrase
مَا لَوْنُهُ؟
mā lawnuhu?מא לונהWhat color is it?
Plural
أَلْوَان
alwānאלואןbroken plural aCCāC
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- dye, pigmentṣibghaصِبْغَةצבע
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- trianglemuthallathمُثَلَّثמשולש
- rectanglemustaṭīlمُسْتَطِيلמלבן
- ovalbayḍāwiyyبَيْضَاوِيّסגלגל
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