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I assumed the word was derived from "azul" but from the article, it's apparently derived from the Arabic الزليج (al-zillīj) and has no relation with "azul"
by s20n 2mo ago
I assumed the word was derived from "azul" but from the article, it's apparently derived from the Arabic الزليج (al-zillīj) and has no relation with "azul"
- lookeey 2mo agointerestingly, apparently "azul" also comes from the arabic "lāzuward"
- vasco 2mo agoI always thought it came from lapis lazuli (portuguese). Azul as a subpar of Lazuli even sounds exactly the same in portuguese.
- dgellow 2mo agoIn french we have “azur”
- wvbdmp 2mo agoLapis Lazuli is cognate, both come from the same Arabic/Persian root. Apparently “azure”, “azul”, “azzurro” lost the L because it got confused with the common “l’” article,
- decimalenough 2mo agoRebracketing strikes again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing
- nudpiedo 2mo agoAnd the word from arabic comes, for both of them comes from persian for hte term lapis lazuli (lāžward) and suposedly this comes from sanskrit... but I ignore how it may sound in sanskrit.
- senadir 2mo agoThe arabic word for "azul" is أزرق (azraq) so they all look pretty adjacent.
- Laurel1234 2mo agoAzul 100% comes from Arabic (well Persian, but through Arabic), although I think the specific Andalusian form that was borrowed was a bit different from that.
- txbrown 2mo agoPortuguese here - many Portuguese words have origin from Arabic as Portugal has been conquered and occupied by "the Moors" in 8th~13th century. That's a long time! Alentejo, Aljezur, Algarve, and many of the cities in the Southern part of the country have have Arabic origins.
- portugueasey 2mo agoSo much so that the controversy over the use of “insha’Allah” by non-Muslims was missed by me, Portuguese has “oxalá”, and I could not understand the problem. It’s funny how many words we use in Portuguese and Spanish that have their origin in the Moorish time.
- heyjamesknight 2mo agoArab Orthodox Christians have been saying "inshallah" longer than Muslims have been around.
- forinti 2mo agoSome words also came into Portuguese from African slaves who were Muslim. And also from the Lebanese who immigrated to Brazil in the XX century.
- rescbr 2mo agoI'm Brazilian and I had never connected "insha'Allah" to "oxalá". Wow, TIL. At least we were taught in school that if a word starts with "al" then there is a big chance it has roots in Arabic.
- a34729t 2mo agoAnd the surname "matamoros"!
- opminion 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Matamoros
- Laurel1234 2mo agoThis wikipedia article, the wiktionary entry for Portuguese, and the Spanish wiktionary entry all have different etymologies lmao. As a Spanish speaker it seems really hard to believe it's not azul + -ejo. They're literally blue.
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- ricardobeat 2mo agoEven more confusing since they are indeed often blue and white, like other ceramics.