asul

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsul/ [ʔɐˈs̪ul̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧sul

Adjective

asúl (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue (color/colour)

   Synonym: bughaw

Noun

asúl (Badlit spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue (color/colour)

   Synonym: bughaw

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:asul.

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsul/ [ʔaˈsul̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧sul

Adjective

asúl (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue

   Synonym: bughaw

Noun

asúl (Basahan spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue

   Synonym: bughaw

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asol — obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree

Classical Persian لاژورد

Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor.

Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward)bor.

Old Spanish azur

Spanish azulbor.

Tagalog asul

Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Old Spanish azur, borrowed from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward), borrowed from Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward), from لاژورد. Compare English azure.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsul/ [ʔɐˈsʊl]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧sul

Noun

asúl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue

   Synonym: bughaw

Adjective

asúl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue

   Synonym: bughaw

Derived terms

• asulan
• asulin
• gumamelang-asul
• maasul
• mangasul-ngasul

Related terms

• asul-berde
• asul-marino
• asul-seleste
• asul-subido
• asul-turke
• asulado
• asulehado
• asuleho
• asulengko
• asulete

See also

Colors in Tagalog · kulay (layout · text)

puti	abo, gris	itim
pula; krimson	kahel; kayumanggi	dilaw; krema
kulay-dayap	lungti, lungtian, berde
turkesa	bughaw-langit, asul	bughaw, asul
lila, biyoleta; nila, tayom	mahenta; ube, morado, haban, purpura	rosas, kalimbahin

References

• “asul”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 23: “Açul) Aſol (pc) color conoçida”

Anagrams

• usal, sula