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Re: JF's reply to BB on azure (and blue birds and butterflies)]
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JF:
Note to Jansy: if our Russian speakers tell us the etymology of
/lazur'/, I'll bet the /l/ is not from Persian but the French
definite article.
Dear Jerry,
What would you like to bet on?
Azure > med. Latin azzurum, azolum from Arabic al [=the] + lazaward from
Persian lazward = lapis lazuli.
A. Bouazza.
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Note to Jansy: if our Russian speakers tell us the etymology of
/lazur'/, I'll bet the /l/ is not from Persian but the French
definite article.
Dear Jerry,
What would you like to bet on?
Azure > med. Latin azzurum, azolum from Arabic al [=the] + lazaward from
Persian lazward = lapis lazuli.
A. Bouazza.
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
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