Colors in Arabic
Colors are some of the words you’ll utilize most when speaking Arabic. You’ll be surprised how often you use color words to describe things on a daily basis.
You can start new conversations too by talking about your favorite color "...لوني المفضل هو" “Loni el mofadal howa...” . Or perhaps you’re shopping and need to specify what you’re looking for.
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After this lesson you’ll be able to pronounce lots of colors in Arabic!
Get started with our audio track on the colors in Arabic!
This next section breaks down the main vocabulary from the audio track.
Practice your pronunciation of the Arabic colors!
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لُونْ /اِللُّونْ
Lūn / illūn
Color/ the color
أَحْمَرْ
aḥmar
red
بُرْتُقَانِي
burtu’ānī
orange (color)
بَمْبِي
bambī
pink
أَصْفَرْ
aṣfar
yellow
أَخْضَرْ
akhḍar
green
أَزْرَقْ
azra’
blue
مُوفْ
mūv
purple
إِرْجُوَانِي
irgiwānī
purple
إِسْوِدْ
iswid
black
أَبْيَضْ
abyaḍ
white
رُصَاصِي
roṣāṣī
charcoal (color)
رُمَادِي
romādī
grey
بُنِّي
bonnī
brown
فَاتِحْ
fātiḥ
light
غَامِقْ
ghāmi’
dark
أَخْضَرْ فَاتِحْ
akhḍar fātiḥ
Light green
أَخْضَرْ غَامِقْ
akhḍar ghāmi’
dark green
أَزْرَقْ غَامِقْ
azra’ ghāmi’
dark blue
أَزْرَقْ فَاتِحْ
azra’ fātiḥ
light blue
فَضِّي
fuḍḍī
silver (color)
دَهَبِي
dahabī
gold (color)
بَنَفْسِجِي
banafsigī
violet
أَشْقَرْ
'ash’ar
blond (masc.)
You’ve added a whole host of new words to your Arabic vocabulary bank. Make sure you do the Reinforcement activities at the bottom of the lesson to really make it all stick!
After that, here are a few recommended Arabic lessons to try next!
!مع السلامة (Ma3a essalama!) Goodbye!
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Make It Stick With Rocket Reinforcement
Reinforce your learning from this lesson with the Rocket Reinforcement activities!