asul

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

asúl

1. blue

Noun

asúl

1. 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

1. blue (color/colour)

Noun

asul

1. blue (color/colour)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:asul.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• asol — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈsul/, [ʔɐˈsul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: a‧sul

Noun

asúl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue

   Synonym: bughaw

Adjective

asúl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜓᜎ᜔)

1. blue

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, pulang-pula	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, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 23: “Açul) Aſol (pc) color conoçida”