talwīn

coloration, coloring

تَلْوِين

Word

Noun · pattern تَفْعِيل

Root

ل و ن

In the library

وأما تكثير الرايات وتلوينها وإطالتها فالقصد به التهويل لا أكثر وربما يحدث في النفوس من التهويل زيادة في الإقدام، وأحوال النفوس وتلوناتها غريبة.

The Muqaddimah, page 16 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 5 entries

لَوَّنَ Form II It became coloured

i. q. ↓ تَلَوَّنَ It became coloured. (M.) ― -b2- It (a palm-tree) had dates which had become coloured. (T.) ― -b3- لَوَّنَ فِى الكَلَامِ [He varied in speech]. (Sgh, K, voce تَمَطَّطَ.)
تَلَوَّنَ Form V It became coloured

It became coloured. (MA, KL.) See 1. ― -b2- It became variegated, or diversified in colour. ― -b3- And hence, (see تغّول,) It varied in state, or condition; it was, or became, variable therein. He assumed various forms, or appearances. ― -b4- تَلَوَّنَ فُلَانٌ Such a one varied in disposition. (Msb.)
لَوْنٌ Colour

Colour: (S, Msb, K:) distinctive quality or property: (M, K:) sort, or species: (S, K:) mood, disposition, or character.
أَلْوَانُ الأَطْعِمَةِ Sorts, or species, of viands

[Sorts, or species, of viands]. (S in art. بأج.)
مُتَلَوِّنٌ Varying, or variable, in dispositions

Varying, or variable, in dispositions. ― -b2- Unsteady in disposition. (K.)

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