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azul

Aragonese edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

azul (plural azuls)

  1. blue

References edit

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

Asturian edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

azul (epicene, plural azules)

  1. blue

Extremaduran edit

Adjective edit

azul

  1. blue

Galician edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue (colour)

Inflection edit

The plural may also be azules.

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • “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 edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese azul. Cognate with Kabuverdianu azul.

Adjective edit

azul

  1. blue

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese azul.

Adjective edit

azul

  1. blue

Kabyle edit

Etymology edit

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

Interjection edit

azul

  1. hello

Leonese edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

azul (plural azules)

  1. blue

References edit

Portuguese edit

 
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azul

Etymology edit

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 edit

 

  • (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 edit

azul m or f (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Noun edit

azul m (plural azuis)

  1. blue

Related terms edit

See also edit

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Adjective edit

azul m or f (masculine and feminine plural azules)

  1. blue
    Synonym: (obsolete) blao

Noun edit

azul m (plural azules)

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

See also edit

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 edit

Tarifit edit

Etymology edit

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

Interjection edit

azul

  1. (neologism) hello

Zoogocho Zapotec edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish azul.

Adjective edit

azul

  1. blue

References edit

  • 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)‎[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3
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