How did Somalis say "yellow" in ancient times ?

[Maakhri2024]

How does one express " yellow " in Somali ?

Ancient Egyptian verb qꜣb : qaab ( 𓈎 𓄿 𓃀 ) : to fold; to twist , to fold over; to wind .
its Somali equivalent is the verb laab , carrying the same meaning .
q ↔ L ,
qaab ↔ laab .

Ancient Egyptian feminine noun qꜣbt : qaabta ( 𓈎 𓄿 𓃀 𓏏 ) means : chest, breast .
in Somali , the feminine noun lꜣbt : laabta holds the same meaning .
Somali noun ḥꜣbt ( xꜣbt ) : xabad means : chest, breast .
q ↔ L ,
qaabta ↔ laabta .

q / L ↔ ḥ ( x ) ,
qaabta / laabta ↔ ḥabad ( xabad ) .

Ancient Egyptian feminine noun qnjt : qaneeti ( 𓈎 𓈖 𓇋 𓏏 ) means : yellow pigment .
Somali feminine noun ḥmjt : ḥameeti means : bile , gall .

So we certainly could use the word ḥmjt : ḥameeti or the word lmjt : lameeti to indicate the color yellow .

Ancient Egyptian qnjt : qaneeti , Somali ḥmjt : ḥameeti related to Lemon .

 

[Arabsiyawi]

How does one express " yellow " in Somali ?

Ancient Egyptian verb qꜣb : qaab ( 𓈎 𓄿 𓃀 ) : to fold; to twist , to fold over; to wind .
its Somali equivalent is the verb laab , carrying the same meaning .
q ↔ L ,
qaab ↔ laab .

Ancient Egyptian feminine noun qꜣbt : qaabta ( 𓈎 𓄿 𓃀 𓏏 ) means : chest, breast .
in Somali , the feminine noun lꜣbt : laabta holds the same meaning .
Somali noun ḥꜣbt ( xꜣbt ) : xabad means : chest, breast .
q ↔ L ,
qaabta ↔ laabta .

q / L ↔ ḥ ( x ) ,
qaabta / laabta ↔ ḥabad ( xabad ) .

Ancient Egyptian feminine noun qnjt : qaneeti ( 𓈎 𓈖 𓇋 𓏏 ) means : yellow pigment .
Somali feminine noun ḥmjt : ḥameeti means : bile , gall .

So we certainly could use the word ḥmjt : ḥameeti or the word lmjt : lameeti to indicate the color yellow .

Ancient Egyptian qnjt : qaneeti , Somali ḥmjt : ḥameeti related to Lemon .


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Yellow/Orange in Somali is "huruud"

 

[Arabsiyawi]

Jaalo thats what i say anyway

Yup, a common word in the southern and central regions. It is a loanword from the italian for yellow "giallo".

 

[Espaa_]

Yup, a common word in the southern and central regions. It is a loanword from the italian for yellow "giallo".

Since when was it italian i thought it was somali.

I was shocked like this when i found out other somalis say uba or something like that for fioro which is flower

 

[Arabsiyawi]

Since when was it italian i thought it was somali.

I was shocked like this when i found out other somalis say uba or something like that for fioro which is flower

Using fiore for flower is borderline criminal ngl

 

[Espaa_]

Using fiore for flower is borderline criminal ngl

Its fioro not uba or whatever it is. Sounding like a whole sumo wrestler name

 

[Saxiix]

Its fioro not uba or whatever it is. Sounding like a whole sumo wrestler name

you mean ubax ?

 

[Espaa_]

you mean ubax ?

Idk ive heard it from a couple of people

 

[Saxiix]

Idk ive heard it from a couple of people

ubax means flower singular in some regions. ubaxyo being the plural

 

[Maakhri2024]

Yellow/Orange in Somali is "huruud"

The word "huruud" refers to turmeric, a yellow-colored spice. It is therefore also used to refer to the color yellow .

हलदी
हलदी (haldī) f (Urdu spelling ہلدی) :turmeric (Curcuma longa and its dye) .

A corrupted form of हरिद्रा (haridrā, “turmeric”).
the origin of the plant itself, the Indian term having been borrowed into Yemen as هُرْد (hurd) and another widely in Semitic as كُرْكُم (kurkum) etc. from कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma, “saffron, crocus”).

هُرْد or هُرُد • (hurd or hurud) m
(Yemen, obsolete in Iraq) turmeric .

هَرَدَ (harada, “to colour yellow”).
هَرَّدَ (harrada, “to colour yellow”).
هُرْدِيّ (hurdiyy, “coloured yellow by turmeric”).

هَرَدَ • (harada) I (non-past يَهْرِدُ (yahridu), verbal noun هَرْد (hard))
- to colour yellow .

conclusion :

The Sanskrit term हलदी (haldī), meaning turmeric, was later incorporated into both Somali and Arabic vocabulary.

 

[Maakhri2024]

Yellow/Orange in Somali is "huruud"

হলুদ ( holud ) : yellow .
Synonyms: হরিদ্রা ( horidra ), হলদি ( holdi ) .

হলুদ (holud) :
1- turmeric .
Synonyms: হরিদ্রা (horidra), হলদি (holdi) .
2- yellow .

Bengali হলুদ (holud) :
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (haliddā), 𑀳𑀮𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (haladdā) (and Sanskrit हलदी (haladī) for the variant), from Sanskrit हरिद्रा (haridrā, “turmeric”), from the root हरि (hari, “yellow, green”). Doublet of হরিয়াল (horiẏal, “green pigeon”), হরিণ (horin, “deer”) and হিরণ (hiron, “gold”).