əlvan

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

əlvan (comparative daha əlvan, superlative ən əlvan)

variegated, motley, multicolored
Synonyms: rəngarəng, rəngbərəng, alabəzək
nonferrous

Further reading[edit]

“əlvan” in Obastan.com.

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