ماوی

See also: ماوي and مأوى

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• مائی (mâî)

Etymology

From Arabic مَاوِيّ (māwiyy, “watery”), ultimately from Arabic مَاء (māʔ, “water”).

Adjective

ماوی • (mavi)

1. blue

   Synonym: آبگون (âbgûn), آبی (âbî), ازرق (ezrak), کبود (kebûd)

Noun

ماوی • (mavi)

1. blue

Descendants

• Turkish: mavi
• → Armenian: մավի (mavi)
• → Gagauz: maavi
• → Greek: μαβής (mavís)
• → Italian: mavì
• → Ladino: mavi
• → Middle Georgian: მავი (mavi)

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)

آق (ak)	بوز (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل (kızıl); آل (al)	ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)	صاری (sarı)
	یشیل (yeşil)
	گوك (gök)	ماوی (mavi)
مور (mor)	افلاطون (eflatun)	پنبه (pembe)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ماوی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1097
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mavi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük