Colors

1. أحمر

   aḥmar

   Red

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   Placed after the noun, as in "felfel aḥmar" (red pepper).

2. أورونجا

   ūrūnjā

   Orange (colour)

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   From French "orange"; the fruit is "bordgān".

3. أصفر

   aṣfar

   Yellow

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary example is "yellow shoes".

4. أخضر

   akhḍar

   Green

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary example is "in the green colour".

5. أزرق

   azraq

   Blue

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   The noun "z-zerqa" means blueness.

6. بنفسج

   banafsaj

   Purple

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary headword; an example reads "purple is my favourite colour".

7. بني

   bunni

   Brown

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   A dictionary example says coffee colour is brown.

8. أبيض

   abyaḍ

   White

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   Placed after the noun and agrees with it; a dictionary example has the feminine "rūba bīḍa" (white dress).

9. أسود

   aswad

   Black

   Usage

   The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

   Grammar Note

   "Akḥal" is also common for black (for example black pepper); do not use colour words for people.

10. ڨري

    gri

    Grey

    Usage

    The basic colour word; adjectives follow the noun.

    Grammar Note

    From French "gris"; "ڨ" is read [g].

11. شنوا لون الكرهبة؟

    shnuwwa lūn l-karhba?

    What colour is the car?

    Usage

    A question pattern; swap "al-karhba" for any other noun.

    Grammar Note

    Same shape as the dictionary example.

12. نحب اللون الأزرق

    nḥebb l-lūn l-azraq

    I like the colour blue

    Usage

    Tells your favourite colour; same for men and women.

    Grammar Note

    "Nḥebb" also means "I like". A sentence assembled from attested words.

13. عندك هاذا باللون الأبيض؟

    ʿandek hādhā b-l-lūn l-abyaḍ?

    Do you have this in white?

    Usage

    For asking for another colour; swap in any colour word.

    Grammar Note

    "B-" plus "al-lūn" means "in the colour of". A sentence assembled from attested words.

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