Azure etymology

English

English word azure comes from Persian Badakhshan, Spanish Turkestan, Persian لاژورد, French l', and later Persian لاجورد ((mineralogy) lapis lazuli. Azure, lapis lazuli (color).)

Etymology of azure

Detailed word origin of azure

Dictionary entry Language Definition
Badakhshan Persian (fas)
Turkestan Spanish (es)
لاژورد Persian (fas)
l' French (fr)
لاجورد Persian (fas) (mineralogy) lapis lazuli. Azure, lapis lazuli (color).
لازورد Arabic (ara) Azure. Lapis lazuli.
لَازُوَرْد Arabic (ara)
lazulum Malayalam (mal)
azurium Malayalam (mal)
لَازَوَرْد Arabic (ara)
azur Old French (fro) (heraldry) azure (blue color).
azure English (en) (tincture) In blazon, of the colour blue.. Cloudless. Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky (countable, and, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.. (tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.. Lapis lazuli. [...]