asul
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sul
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsul/
Adjective
asúl
- (color) blue
Noun
asúl
- (color) blue
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish azul, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sul
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsul/, [ʔʌˈs̪ul̪]
Adjective
asul
- (color) blue
Noun
asul
- (color) blue
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:asul.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- asol, aſol – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Borrowed bfrom Spanish azul, from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”). Compare English azure.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧sul
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈsul/, [ʔɐˈsul]
Noun
asúl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)
- (color) blue
- Synonym: bughaw
Adjective
asúl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)
- blue
Derived terms
- asulan
- asulin
- asul-marino
- maasul
- mangasul-ngasul
See also
| puti | abo, gris | itim |
| pula; krimson, pulang-pula | kahel; kayumanggi | dilaw; krema |
| kulay-apog | luntian, 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, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 23: “Açul) Aſol (pc) color conoçida”