əlvan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْوَان (ʔalwān), plural of لَوْن (lawn). The sense 'nonferrous' is a semantic loan from Russian цветной (cvetnoj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ælˈvɑn]
• Hyphenation: əl‧van

Adjective

əlvan (comparative daha əlvan, superlative ən əlvan)

1. variegated, motley, multicolored

   Synonyms: rəngarəng, rəngbərəng, alabəzək

2. nonferrous

Further reading

• “əlvan” in Obastan.com.