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/ˈæʒə/A-zhur
/ˈæʒɚ/A-zhur

Meaninglapis lazuli

Common meaning: light sky-blue

Journey through time

  1. Arabiclajward‘lapis lazuli, named from the mines of Lajwurd’source
  2. Late Latinlazur‘a blue stone, lapis lazuli’source
  3. Old Frenchazursource
  4. Middle Englishasursource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa blue stone, lapis lazuli → light sky-blueazure‘light sky-blue’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Arabic lajward ‘lapis lazuli’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry AZURE, p. 47 · dictionary scan

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