Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *lawn, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lwn-; cognate with Egyptian jwn.[1]

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Noun edit

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

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Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to colour, to paint

Conjugation edit

References edit

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

Egyptian Arabic edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Arabic لَوْن(lawn).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

لون (lūnm (plural ألوان(alwā́n))

  1. color

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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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ل و ن
1 term

From Arabic لَوْن(lawn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. color
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ل و ن
1 term

From Arabic لَوَّنَ(lawwana).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to color, to colorize

Hijazi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic لَوْن(lawn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لون (lōnm (plural ألوان(ʔalwān))

  1. color

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ل و ن
1 term

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic لَوْن(lawn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. color

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic لَوَّنَ(lawwana).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. to color
Conjugation edit
    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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀡 (loṇa), from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇá) (see for cognates).

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لُوݨ (lūṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੂਣ)

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

Declension edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “لُون‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਲੂਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lavaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic لَوْن(lawn).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /loːn/, [loːn]
  • (file)

Noun edit

لون (lōnm (plural ألوان(alwān))

  1. color
  2. style, genre
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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 edit

لو(law) +‎ إن(ʔinn-).

Conjunction edit

لونّـ (lawenn-)

  1. if (hypothetical condition; followed by a suffix pronoun)
    Synonym: لو(law)
  2. if only (followed by a suffix pronoun)
Inflection edit
    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)
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