Arabic

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Root
ل و ن (l w n)
7 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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 wa-tuḍfī 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 لَنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ فَاقِعٌ لَوْنُهَا 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

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Declension of noun لَوْن (lawn)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal لَوْن
lawn
اللَّوْن
al-lawn
لَوْن
lawn
nominative لَوْنٌ
lawnun
اللَّوْنُ
al-lawnu
لَوْنُ
lawnu
accusative لَوْنًا
lawnan
اللَّوْنَ
al-lawna
لَوْنَ
lawna
genitive لَوْنٍ
lawnin
اللَّوْنِ
al-lawni
لَوْنِ
lawni
dual indefinite definite construct
informal لَوْنَيْن
lawnayn
اللَّوْنَيْن
al-lawnayn
لَوْنَيْ
lawnay
nominative لَوْنَانِ
lawnāni
اللَّوْنَانِ
al-lawnāni
لَوْنَا
lawnā
accusative لَوْنَيْنِ
lawnayni
اللَّوْنَيْنِ
al-lawnayni
لَوْنَيْ
lawnay
genitive لَوْنَيْنِ
lawnayni
اللَّوْنَيْنِ
al-lawnayni
لَوْنَيْ
lawnay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَلْوَان
ʔalwān
الْأَلْوَان
al-ʔalwān
أَلْوَان
ʔalwān
nominative أَلْوَانٌ
ʔalwānun
الْأَلْوَانُ
al-ʔalwānu
أَلْوَانُ
ʔalwānu
accusative أَلْوَانًا
ʔalwānan
الْأَلْوَانَ
al-ʔalwāna
أَلْوَانَ
ʔalwāna
genitive أَلْوَانٍ
ʔalwānin
الْأَلْوَانِ
al-ʔalwāni
أَلْوَانِ
ʔalwāni

Descendants

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

Further reading

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Verb

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لَوَّنَ (lawwana) II (non-past يُلَوِّنُ (yulawwinu), verbal noun تَلْوِين (talwīn))

  1. to colour, to paint

Conjugation

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References

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

Chadian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Noun

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لون (lōnm (plural ألوان (ʔalwān))

  1. color

References

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  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 89

Egyptian Arabic

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Egyptian Arabic Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

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From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

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Verb

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

  1. to color, to colorize

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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لون (lōnm (plural ألوان (ʔalwān))

  1. color

Etymology 2

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From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to color, to paint
Conjugation
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Conjugation of لون
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

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. color

Etymology 2

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From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to color
Conjugation
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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    لُوݨ (lūṇm (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੂਣ)

    1. table salt
      Synonym: نَمَک (namak)
      • 1988, Altaf Gauhar, تَحْرِیریں چَنْد [taḥrīreṉ cand], Islamabad, →OCLC, page 28:
        میری روٹی وچ لُون نئیں ہوندا
        merī roṭī vicc lūṇ na'īṉ hondā
        My chapattis don't [usually] have salt
    2. (chemistry) salt

    Declension

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

    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لُون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لون”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • ਲੂਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lavaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    South Levantine Arabic

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    Etymology 1

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    From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    لون (lōnm (plural ألوان (alwān))

    1. color
    2. style, genre
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    Colors in South Levantine Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān, colors) (layout · text)
         أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, white)      رمادي (ramādi, grey), سكني (sakani, grey)      أسود (ʔaswad, black)
                 أحمر (ʔaḥmar, red), خمري (ḵamri, crimson)              بردقاني (burdʔāni, orange); بني (binni, brown)              أصفر (ʔaṣfar, yellow)
                              أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, green)             
                                           أزرق (ʔazraʔ, blue), كحلي (kuḥli, navy)
                 بنفسجي (banafsaji, violet)              نهدي (nahdi, purple), ليلكي (lēlaki, lilac)              زهري (zahri, pink)

    Etymology 2

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    لو (law) +‎ إن (ʔinn-).

    Conjunction

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    لونّـ (lawenn-)

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