Colors in Tunisian Arabic
Tunisian colors have their own personality: “a7mer” isn't always bright red, and “ak7al” (black) comes straight from Maghrebi speech.
Each color below is given in Arabic script and franco, with an everyday sentence to remember it by.
The words (25 words)
- Color — lounلون
- Black — ak7alأكحل
- Red — a7merأحمر
- Dark — ghame9غامق
- White — abyaadhأبيض
- Green — khadhraخضراء
- Brown — marronمارون
- Colors — alwenألوان
- Striped — mkhattetمخطّط
- Bronze — bronziyaبرونزية
- The blue — azraqأزرق
- Yellow — asfarأصفر
- Grey — griڨري
- Silvery — fedh-dhiفضي
- Purple — banafsejبنفسج
- Pale / faded — mchehbaمشّهبة
- Blond — achqarأشقر
- Honey-colored / amber — 3asliعسلي
- She/it turned blue — zraqtزراقت
- Sky blue / heavenly — smawiسماوي
- Charcoal — ashkhamأشخم
- Lavender — khzamaخزامة
- Whiteness — byoudhiyaبيوضية
- Navy blue / dark blue — gzadriڨزادرِي
- Patterned — mzarkechمْزَرْكِشْ
In franco, digits stand for Arabic sounds: 3 = ع, 7 = ح, 9 = ق.