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Definition for: saffron

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English

Etymology

Old French safran < Medieval Latin safranum < from Arabic زَعْفَرَان

Noun

saffron ( plural : saffrons , saffron )

  1. the saffron crocus plant, Crocus sativus .
  2. (herb) A seasoning made from the stigmata of the saffron plant.
  3. A dye made from the stigmata of the saffron plant.
  4. (colour) An orange-yellow colour. The color of a lion.
    saffron colour:    

Synonyms

  1. (colour) saffron yellow

Translations

plant

  • Arabic: زَعْفَرَان
  • Bosnian: šafron m .
  • Chinese: 番紅花 / 番红花 (fān hóng huā)
  • Finnish: sahrami
  • French: safran
  • Hindi: केसर (kesar) f .
  • Italian: safferano
  • Japanese: サフラン (safuran)
  • Latin: safranum
  • Persian: زعفران
  • Polish: szafran m . , krokus m .
  • Spanish: azafrán m .
  • Sanskrit: कुङ्कुम kuṅkum
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: шафрон m .
    Roman: šafron m .
  • Slovene: žafran m .
  • Swedish: saffran
  • Thai: หญ้าฝรั่น (Ya Faran)
  • Urdu: کیسر (kesar) f .


herb

  • Bosnian: šafran m .
  • Finnish: sahrami
  • French: safran
  • Japanese: サフラン (safuran)
  • Polish: szafran m .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: шафран m .
    Roman: šafran
  • Slovene: žafran m .
  • Spanish: azafrán m .
  • Swedish: saffran

dye

  • Hindi: केसरी (kesarī), केसरिया (kesariyā)
  • Polish: szafran m .
  • Urdu: کیسری (kesarī), کیسریا (kesariyā)

colour

  • Finnish: sahrami
  • French: safran
  • Hindi: केसरी (kesarī), केसरिया (kesariyā)
  • Japanese: サフラン色 (safuraniro)
  • Polish: szafran m . , (kolor) szafranowy m .
  • Swedish: saffran
  • Urdu: کیسری (kesarī), کیسریا (kesariyā)
  • Persian : سورنجان
  • Sanskrit : केसर (kesar), केसरं (kesaran)

Adjective

saffron

  1. (colour) Having a orange-yellow colour.

Translations

colour

  • Hindi: केसरी (kesarī), केसरिया (kesariyā)
  • Japanese: サフラン色の (safuranirono)
  • Polish: szafranowy
  • Swedish: saffransfärgad, saffransgul
  • Urdu: کیسری (kesarī), کیسریا (kesariyā)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • crocein
  • crocoite
  • crocus
  • curcuma
  • kumkum
  • safranine

See also

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