[ælˈvɑn]
OriginBorrowed from Arabic أَلْوَان (ʔalwān), plural of لَوْن (lawn). The sense 'nonferrous' is a semantic loan from Russian цветной (cvetnoj).
- variegated, motley, multicolored
- nonferrous
Formsdaha əlvan(comparative) · ən əlvan(superlative)