ܐܪܓܘܢܐ
Classical Syriac
[ʔarɡ(ə)wɑnɑ], [ʔarɡ(ə)wɑne]
noun
Definitions
- Tyrian purple, royal purple
- purple (cloth, garment; colour)
Etymology
Borrowed from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (purple, red-purple).
Origin
Akkadian
𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡
Gloss
purple, red-purple
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
☂️ 🍆 💜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- argaman English
- ἄργεμον Ancient Greek
- أَرْجُوَان Arabic
- ارغوان Persian
- אַרְגָּמָן Hebrew (modern)
- ארגון Hebrew (modern)
- ארגמן Hebrew (modern)
- ارجوان Ottoman Turkish
- אַרְגְּוָונָא Aramaic
- 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 Akkadian
- 𒅈𒄰𒈠𒀸 Hittite
- 𐎀𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎐 Ugaritic