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yellow in Arabic

أَصْفَر ʔaṣfar

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Southern England/ˈjɛləʊ/Northumbria/ˈjɛlo/

yellow in Arabic: أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), جَبَان (jabān), صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ), صُفْر (ṣufr). In English, yellow means the color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

Arabic words for yellow

color
أَصْفَر ʔaṣfar
lacking courage
جَبَان jabān
having yellow as its color
أَصْفَر ʔaṣfar, صَفْرَاء ṣafrāʔ, صُفْر ṣufr, أصفر aṣfar
to become yellow or more yellow
اِصْفَرَّ iṣfarra
to cause to become yellow or more yellow
صَفَّرَ ṣaffara

English meaning of yellow

  1. noun The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
  2. noun The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  3. noun One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
  4. noun One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).

Full definition of yellow

yellow in a sentence

  • He had a yellow laptop in his bag.
  • yellow constituencies
  • the black–yellow coalition

Synonyms of yellow

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Questions about yellow in Arabic

What is the meaning of yellow in Arabic?
Yellow in Arabic is أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), جَبَان (jabān), صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ), صُفْر (ṣufr).
ما معنى كلمة yellow؟
Yellow: أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), جَبَان (jabān), صَفْرَاء (ṣafrāʔ), صُفْر (ṣufr).
What does yellow mean in English?
Yellow means the color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.

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