# لون
## Arabic
### Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *lawn, from Proto-Afroasiatic *lwn-; cognate with Egyptian jwn.

### Pronunciation

* (noun): IPA: /lawn/
* (verb): IPA: /law.wa.na/

### Noun

لَوْن • (lawn) m (plural أَلْوَان (ʔalwān))
* (countable, uncountable) color
    الزُّهُورُ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَدِيقَةِ مُتَنَوِّعَةُ ٱلْأَلْوَانِ وَتُضْفِي جَمَالًا خَاصًّا عَلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ.az-zuhūru fī hāḏihi l-ḥadīqati mutanawwiʕatu l-ʔalwāni wa-tuḍfī jamālan ḵāṣṣan ʕalā l-makāni.The flowers in this garden are diverse in colors and add a special beauty to the place.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:69:قَالُوا ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ فَاقِعٌ لَوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّاظِرِينَqālū dʕu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā lawnuhā qāla ʔinnahu yaqūlu ʔinnahā baqaratun ṣafrāʔu fāqiʕun lawnuhā tasurru n-nāẓirīnaThey said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color – pleasing to the observers.'"
* type, variety

#### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: لون (lūn)
* Gulf Arabic: لون (lōn)
* Hijazi Arabic: لون (lōn)
* Maltese: lewn
* Moroccan Arabic: لون (lūn)

#### Further reading

* لون on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ar}$

### Verb

لَوَّنَ • (lawwana) II (non-past يُلَوِّنُ (yulawwinu), verbal noun تَلْوِين (talwīn))
* to colour, to paint

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 31

## Chadian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

### Noun

لون • (lōn) m (plural ألوان (ʔalwān))
* color

### References

* Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎ (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 89

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

لون • (lūn) m (plural ألوان (alwā́n))
* color

### See also

Colors in Egyptian Arabic · الوان (ʔalwān) (layout · text) :
| ابيض (ʔabyɑḍ) | رمادى (rumādi) | اسود (ʔiswid) |
| احمر (ʔaḥmar); لعلى (laʕli) | برتقانى (burtuʔāni); بنى (bunni) | اصفر (ʔaṣfar); سمنى (samni) |
| لمونى (lamūni) | اخضر (ʔaḵḍar) | كرمبى (kurumbi); زيتى (zēti) |
| فروزى (farūzi); جنزارى (ginzāri) | لازوردى (lazawardi) | ازرق (ʔazraʔ) |
| بنفسجى (banafsigi); نيلى (nīli) | ارجوانى (ʔurguwāni); بتنجانى (bitingāni) | بمبى (bambi) |

## Gulf Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loːn/

#### Noun

لون • (lōn) m (dual لونين (lōnēn), plural الوان (alwān))
* color

##### Derived terms

* شلون (šlōn, “how”) (univerbation of شنو (šinu, “what”) + لون (lōn).)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ləwːən/

#### Verb

لَوَّن • (lawwan) II (non-past يلون (ylawwin))
* to color, to colorize

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loːn/, [lo̞ːn]

#### Noun

لون • (lōn) m (plural ألوان (ʔalwān))
* color

### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /law.wan/

#### Verb

لَوَّن • (lawwan) II (non-past يِلَوِّن (yilawwin))
* to color, to paint

##### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /luːn/

#### Noun

لون • (lūn) m (plural ألوان (ʔalwān) or لوان (lwān))
* color

### Etymology 2

From Arabic لَوَّنَ (lawwana).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /law.wan/

#### Verb

لون • (lawwan) II (non-past يلون (ylawwan))
* to color

##### Conjugation
## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* نُوݨ (nūṇ) (rare, dialectal)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi لوݨ (lōṇ /⁠lvn⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀡 (loṇa), from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇá) (see for cognates).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Punjabi) IPA: /luːɳᵊ/
** (dialectal) IPA: /luːnᵊ/

### Noun

لُوݨ • (lūṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੂਣ)
* table salt
    Synonym: نَمَک (namak)
** 1988, Altaf Gauhar, تَحْرِیریں چَنْد [taḥrīreṉ cand], Islamabad, →OCLC, page 28:میری روٹی وچ لُون نئیں ہونداmerī roṭī vicc lūṇ na'īṉ hondāMy chapattis don't [usually] have salt
* (chemistry) salt

#### Derived terms

* لُوݨا (lūṇā, “salty”)

### Further reading

* Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لُون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
* Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لون”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
* “ਲੂਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lavaṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic لَوْن (lawn).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loːn/, [loːn]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

لون • (lōn) m (plural ألوان (alwān))
* color
* style, genre

##### 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”) |

### Etymology 2

لو (law) +‎ إن (ʔinn-).

#### Conjunction

لونّـ • (lawenn-)
* if (hypothetical condition; followed by a suffix pronoun)
    Synonym: لو (law)
* if only (followed by a suffix pronoun)

##### See also

* إذا (ʔiza, “if”), إن (ʔin, “if”), إنكنّـ (ʔin-kann-, “if”)
* ياريت (yārēt, “if only (whish, hope)”)