Egyptian Arabic Colors — All 26 Colour Words with Audio
26 Egyptian Arabic words for colors, ordered by how often they actually come up. Each one shows the Arabic with diacritics, how to say it, and the franco spelling used in text messages.
| Arabic | Pronunciation | Franco | English |
|---|---|---|---|
أَحْمَر | a7mar | a7mar | red |
أَزْرَق | azraq | azra2 | blue |
أَخْضَر | akhDar | akhdar | green |
أَصْفَر | aSfar | asfar | yellow |
أَبْيَض | abyaD | abyad | white |
أَسْوِد | iswid | eswed | black |
بُنّي | bunni | bonny | brown |
رُمادي | rumaadi | romady | grey |
بُرْتُقاني | burtu2aani | borto2any | orange |
بَنَفْسِجي | banafsigi | banafsegy | purple |
وَرْدي | wardi | wardy | pink |
لَبَني | labani | labany | light blue |
بيج | beige | beige | beige |
ذَهَبي | dahabi | dahaby | gold |
فِضّي | faDDi | faddy | silver |
نيلي | niili | neely | navy |
تُرْكوازي | turkwaazi | torkwazy | turquoise |
خَمْري | khamri | khamry | maroon |
زَيْتوني | zaytuuni | zaytoony | olive green |
كُحْلي | ku7li | ko7ly | dark blue |
فاتِح | faati7 | fate7 | light (shade) |
غامِق | ghaami2 | ghame2 | dark (shade) |
مُلَوِّن | mulawwin | molawwen | colourful |
لَوْن | loon | lon | colour |
أَلْوان | alwaan | alwan | colours |
شَفّاف | shaffaaf | shaffaf | transparent |
Practice Colors
8 questions, half of them spoken out loud. Free, no account needed.