azul

/aˈθul/ · A2 · adj

blue

🫐 azul = azure: both from Persian lazhward, the blue stone lapis lazuli

Azul and English azure are the same word. Both come via Arabic lazaward from Persian lazhward, the name of lapis lazuli. Romance speakers mistook the initial l for the article and dropped it, leaving azur / azul.

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