asure

See also: asūre and aşure

Middle English

Alternative forms

• asur, asour, azur, azour, azure

Etymology

From Old French azur, in turn borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), borrowed from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaziu̯r/, /ˈaːziu̯r/

Noun

asure

1. lapis lazuli
2. ultramarine, azure pigment
3. azure, blue
4. (heraldry) azure, blue (tincture)

Descendants

• English: azure
• Scots: asure
• → Welsh: asur

References

• “ā̆sūr, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Adjective

asure

1. azure, blue

Descendants

• English: azure
• Scots: asure

References

• “ā̆sūr, n.(1) & adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret