كحلي

Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of كُحْل‎ (kuḥl) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Adjective

كُحْلِيّ • (kuḥliyy) (feminine كُحْلِيَّة‎ (kuḥliyya), masculine plural كُحْلِيُّون‎ (kuḥliyyūn), feminine plural كُحْلِيَّات‎ (kuḥliyyāt))

  1. dark blue, blue-black,[1] navy blue[2]
Declension

Verb

كَحِّلِي • (kaḥḥilī) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of كَحَّلَ‎ (kaḥḥala)

References

  1. Sabra, A. I. (1989) The Optics of Ibn al-Haytham: Books I-III: on Direct Vision‎, II, page 41
  2. Wehr, Hans (1979), “كحلي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كُحْلِيّ‎ (kuḥliyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuħ.li/, [ˈkʊħ.li]
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Adjective

كحلي • (kuḥli) (feminine كحلية‎ (kuḥliyye))

  1. dark blue, navy blue
    Synonym: أزرق غامق‎ (ʔazraʔ ḡameʔ)

See also

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