ليلكي

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of ليلك (lēlak, “liliac (flower)”) +‎ ـي (-i).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leː.la.ki/, [ˈleː.la.ki]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

ليلكي • (lēlaki) (feminine ليلكية (lēlakiyye))

  1. lilac (color), purple
    Synonym: نهدي (nahdi), Synonym: بنفسجي (banáfsaji)

See also

Colors in South Levantine Arabic · ألوان (ʔalwān, “colors”) (layout · text)
     أبيض (ʔabyaḍ, “white”)      رمادي (ramādi, “grey”), سكني (sakani, “grey”)      أسود (ʔaswad, “black”)
             أحمر (ʔaḥmar, “red”), خمري (ḵamri, “crimson”)              بردقاني (burdʔāni, “orange”); بني (binni, “brown”)              أصفر (ʔaṣfar, “yellow”)
                          أخضر (ʔaḵḍar, “green”)             
                                       أزرق (ʔazraʔ, “blue”), كحلي (kuḥli, “navy”)
             بنفسجي (banafsaji, “violet”)              نهدي (nahdi, “purple”), ليلكي (lēlaki, “lilac”)              زهري (zahri, “pink”)
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