لازورد

See also: لاژورد

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laː.za.ward/

Noun

لَازَوَرْد • (lāzaward) m

1. lapis lazuli
2. azure

Declension

Declension of noun لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَازَوَرْد lāzaward	اللَّازَوَرْد al-lāzaward	لَازَوَرْد lāzaward
nominative	لَازَوَرْدٌ lāzawardun	اللَّازَوَرْدُ al-lāzawardu	لَازَوَرْدُ lāzawardu
accusative	لَازَوَرْدًا lāzawardan	اللَّازَوَرْدَ al-lāzawarda	لَازَوَرْدَ lāzawarda
genitive	لَازَوَرْدٍ lāzawardin	اللَّازَوَرْدِ al-lāzawardi	لَازَوَرْدِ lāzawardi

Derived terms

• لَازَوَرْدِيّ (lāzawardiyy, “azure-colored”)

Descendants

• →⇒ Byzantine Greek: λαζούριον (lazoúrion), λαζούριν (lazoúrin)
  • Greek: λαζούρι (lazoúri), λαζούριον (lazoúrion)
  • →⇒ Coptic: ⲁ̀ⲥⲓⲗⲱⲛ (àsilōn)
• → Medieval Latin: lazulum, lazurius, lazurium, lazur, azzurum, azura, azolum
  • → English: lapis lazuli
  • → Dalmatian: azul
  • → Italian: azzurro
  • → Middle High German: lāsūr, lāzūr
    • German: Lazur
    • → Czech: lazur
    • → Polish: lazur
      • → Russian: лазу́рь (lazúrʹ)
  • → Old French: azur
    • French: azur
    • → Middle English: asure, asur, asour, azur, azour, azure
      • English: azure
      • Scots: asure
      • → Welsh: asur
    • → Portuguese: azur
    • → Spanish: azur
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: azur
    • Galician: azul
    • Portuguese: azul
  • → Old Spanish: azur
    • Spanish: azul
    • Ladino: azul / אזול

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “لازورد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN