loun لون
Tunisian Derja · noun
“loun” (لون) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning color.
Meanings
- color
- complexion (of the face)
- kind, sort
Usage
Loun is the usual word for "color". Its plural is alwen. You ask chnowa el loun? to find out what color something is. Applied to the face, it means complexion: loun wejhou tbaddel means "his color changed, he turned pale". The derived verb lawwen means to color or to dye. In conversation, the French word "couleur" is also often borrowed, especially for clothes and decoration. The color names themselves generally stay in derja: a7mar (red), akh'dhar (green), azra9 (blue).
Example
شنوّة اللون اللي تحبّو للسورية؟
chnowa el loun elli t7ebbou lel souriya?
“What color do you want for the shirt?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “loun” but also “lon”, “lawn”, “lwn” and “loon”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “loun” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “to color, add color”; “to dye, to paint”: lowwen in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to color, to add color”; “to paint”: lawwen in Algerian.