əlvan

See also: elvan

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَلْوَان (ʔalwān), plural of لَوْن (lawn). The sense 'nonferrous' is a semantic loan from Russian цветной (cvetnoj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ælˈvɑn]
  • Hyphenation: əl‧van

Adjective

əlvan (comparative daha əlvan, superlative ən əlvan)

  1. variegated, motley, multicolored
    Synonyms: rəngarəng, rəngbərəng, alabəzək
  2. nonferrous

Further reading

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