tawny

Etymology 1
The is derived from, , from , , and , , , an adjective use of the   of , from ,  ultimately from ; further etymology uncertain, possibly from ,.

The -aw- spelling (also -au- in Middle English) seems to have been due to the pronunciation of 🇨🇬.

The is derived from the adjective.



Adjective

 * 1) Of a light brown to brownish orange colour.

Translations

 * Arabic:, أَمْغَر, أَشْقَر , أَشْهَل, أَشْعَل
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: շէկ, թուխ
 * Bulgarian: светлокафяв
 * Catalan:, lleonat
 * Czech:
 * Danish: gulbrun, gyldenbrun
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cerviño ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: δᾰφοινός, κῐρρός, κνηκός, πῠρρός, ξᾰνθός
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: crón
 * Old Irish: donn
 * Italian: focato,, , ,
 * Latin:, cervīnus, fulvēscēns , , rāvus
 * Macedonian: светлока́феав
 * Maltese: għasli
 * Manx: ouyr
 * Maori: peapeau
 * Middle English: tauni, tawne
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Russian: рыжева́то-кори́чневый
 * Sami:
 * Lule Sami: russjkat
 * Sanskrit:, , , , , ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: gulbrun,
 * Tachawit:
 * Telugu:, ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Xhosa: mpôfu
 * Zulu: mpôfu

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (someone or something) to have a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
 * 2)  To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
 * 1)  To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
 * 1)  To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
 * 1)  To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.
 * 1)  To become a light brown to brownish orange colour; to tan, to tawn.

Etymology 2
From, , from , and , , , from : see further at etymology 1.

Sense 2.1 (“Eurasian bullfinch”) is due to the brown colour of the female.

Noun

 * 1) A light brown to brownish orange colour.
 * 2) Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour.
 * 3)  The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch.
 * 4)  In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
 * 5) A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
 * 6)  A person with skin of a brown colour.
 * 7) Tawny frogmouth.
 * 8) Tawny owl.
 * 1) Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour.
 * 2)  The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch.
 * 3)  In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
 * 4) A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
 * 5)  A person with skin of a brown colour.
 * 6) Tawny frogmouth.
 * 7) Tawny owl.
 * 1)  The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch.
 * 2)  In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
 * 3) A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
 * 4)  A person with skin of a brown colour.
 * 5) Tawny frogmouth.
 * 6) Tawny owl.
 * 1) A fabric of a light brown to brownish orange colour.
 * 2)  A person with skin of a brown colour.
 * 3) Tawny frogmouth.
 * 4) Tawny owl.
 * 1)  A person with skin of a brown colour.
 * 2) Tawny frogmouth.
 * 3) Tawny owl.
 * 1) Tawny frogmouth.
 * 2) Tawny owl.
 * 1) Tawny owl.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: oranjebruin
 * Arabic: صُحْرَة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: žlutohnědá
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: crón
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 茶褐色
 * Korean:
 * Middle English: tauni, tawne
 * Romanian: lignicolor
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Spanish:, pardo león
 * Tamil:, , ,
 * Telugu: ,
 * West Frisian: taan
 * Zulu: úbumpôfu


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: tawny port