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Colors in Armenian

The basic colors, each recorded by a native speaker.

Good to know

  • Many colors are named after things with -ագույն, “colored like”: նարինջ (orange) → նարնջագույն, վարդ (rose) → վարդագույն, շագանակ (chestnut) → շագանակագույն, մոխիր (ash) → մոխրագույն.
  • Կապույտ is blue; light “sky” blue is երկնագույն, “colored like the sky”.

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