Gulf Arabic Vocabulary - The
Colours
The plural forms below are used for animate
objects (people, etc.).
Use the feminine singular as plural for inanimate objects.
| Masculine |
Feminine |
Plural |
Translation |
abyaD
aswad
axDar
aSfar
a7mar
azrag
|
bayDa
sooda
xaDra
Safra
7amra
zarga
|
biiD
sood
xuDur
Sufar
7umur
zurug
|
white
black
green
yellow
red
blue |
Examples:
is-sayyaara il-7amra – the red car
is-sayyaaraat il-7amra – the red cars
(Note: mootir = sayyaara)
il-mootir
il-aswad
– the blue car
il-mawaatir is-sooda – the blue cars
il-ba7ar
il-azrag – the blue sea
il-bi7aar iz-zarga – the blue seas
hadhaylayn
rayaayiil sood. humma min soodaan – These men are black.
They are from Sudan.
bunni,
bunniya, bunniyiin – brown
rumaadi or resaassi – grey
burtugaali - orange
banafsaji - purple
faate7
- light
ghaamig - dark
axDar fate7
- light green
axDar ghaamig
- dark green