lilac

• n. モーブ; ライラック; [植物]ライラック
• adj.ライラック
• n. (ライラック)人名; (英)Lilaque

アラビア語のlilakから、nilakの綴りの変化形、nil、きれいな青、語源的にはアニリンと同じ。ライラックの語源は、その青い花びらから名付けられた。

lilac

lilac: [17] Like the river Nile, the lilac gets its name from its colour. The Sanskrit word for ‘dark blue’ was nīla. This passed into Persian as nīl, from which was derived nīlak ‘bluish’. This developed a variant līlak, which English acquired via Arabic līlak, Spanish lilac, and early modern French lilac. Along the way it was applied to a shrub of the genus Syringa, on account of its mauve flowers.

lilac (n.)

1620s, from French lilac "shrub of genus Syringa with mauve flowers," from Spanish lilac, from Arabic lilak, from Persian lilak, variant of nilak "bluish," from nil "indigo" (compare Sanskrit nilah "dark blue"), of uncertain origin. As a color name, attested from 1791; as a scent, from 1895. As an adjective, "pale pinkish-purple," from 1801. Related: Lilaceous.

1. All shades of mauve， lilac ，lavender and purple were fashionable.

濃淡のさまざまな無窮色、丁香色、薫衣草色、紫色が流行色です。

2.Her hair smelt of lilac .

彼女の髪はライラックの香りがします。

3.The air was filled with the scent of lilac .

空気中にライラックの香りが漂っている。

4.Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.

薄暮はライラックと新しく耕した土の香りに満ちている。

5.He wore a sprig of lilac in his button hole.

彼はボタン穴の上に小さなライラックを挿した。