{"id":10,"date":"2009-01-23T07:20:16","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T11:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=6"},"modified":"2014-06-13T18:57:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T18:57:40","slug":"colors-and-nature-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/colors-and-nature-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Colors and Nature in Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Arabic, many words referring to colors are derived from things that are found in nature and that have the color as pertinent to them, e.g brown is derived from coffee beans, pink is derived from flower, golden is derived from gold, and so on. These words are formed by adding a (\u064a) at the end of the relevant word, for example:<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\u0628\u0646\u0641\u0633\u062c\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cLilac\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0628\u0646\u0641\u0633\u062c<\/span>) which means lilac<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0628\u0646\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cBrown\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0628\u0646<\/span>) which means coffee beans<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0631\u0645\u0627\u062f\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cGrey\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0631\u0645\u0627\u062f<\/span>) which means ash<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0630\u0647\u0628\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cGold\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0630\u0647\u0628<\/span>) which means gold<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0641\u0636\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cSilver\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0641\u0636\u0629<\/span>) which means silver<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0628\u0631\u062a\u0642\u0627\u0644\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cOrange\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0628\u0631\u062a\u0642\u0627\u0644<\/span>) which means orange<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0632\u0647\u0631\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cPink\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0632\u0647\u0631\u0629<\/span>) which means flower<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0632\u064a\u062a\u0648\u0646\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cOlive green\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0632\u064a\u062a\u0648\u0646<\/span>) which means olive<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0648\u0631\u062f\u064a<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cBright red\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Derived from (<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u0648\u0631\u062f<\/span>) which means rose<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Other words relate to colors are formed by adjectives following the pattern (\u0623\u0641\u0639\u0644), for example<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\u0623\u062d\u0645\u0631<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cRed\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0623\u062e\u0636\u0631<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cGreen\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0623\u0635\u0641\u0631<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cYellow\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0623\u0632\u0631\u0642<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cBlue\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0623\u0633\u0648\u062f<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cBlack\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u0623\u0628\u064a\u0636<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cWhite\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other colors are transliterations from European languages, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

\u0645\u0648\u0641<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cMauve<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\u062a\u0631\u0643\u0648\u0627\u0632<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\u201cTurquoise\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Arabic, many words referring to colors are derived from things that are found in nature and that have the color as pertinent to them, e.g brown is derived from coffee beans, pink is derived from flower, golden is derived from gold, and so on. These words are formed by adding a (\u064a) at the…<\/p>\n

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