waridi

How to say it

Meaning

The color pink, a pale red like the rose flower, usually in the phrase rangi ya waridi. It is also the name of the rose itself.

Good to know

As a color it follows rangi ya and does not change: gauni la rangi ya waridi, a pink dress. As a flower it is of the n class, same form in the plural; the rose bush is mwaridi.

Examples

• Bibi harusi alivaa gauni la rangi ya waridi.The bride wore a pink gown.
• Alimletea mpenzi wake shada la maua ya waridi.He brought his sweetheart a bouquet of roses.
• Chumba cha mtoto kimepakwa rangi ya waridi.The child's room has been painted pink.

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