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أَشْقَر

yellowish

AdjectiveRoot ش-ق-ر

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Highlights

Feminine
شَقْرَاء
Plural
شُقْر

أَشْقَر in English

Adjective

  1. yellowish; fair, blond
    1. fair-haired, blond
  2. yellow-red or yellow-brown; red-brown; coppery; tan, tawny; chestnut; sorrel; blood-red archaic, dated
    1. swarthy, tawny, tan archaic, dated

Word origin

Color or defect adjective from the root ش ق ر (š q r). For the modern sense, compare the Spanish rubio (“fair-haired”) (from the Latin rubeus (“red”)).

Words from the root ش-ق-ر

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb.

Adjective
yellowish
شَقِر
Noun · m.
poppy anemone

أَشْقَر: plural and other forms

Singularأَشْقَر
Feminineشَقْرَاء
Pluralشُقْر

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