Color Names · Entry

Saffron

Arabic via Old French
“the golden-orange color of the saffron spice”
Where it comes from
za'faran (زَعْفَرَان)
Fun Fact
Saffron-colored robes have held religious significance for over two thousand years in Buddhist monastic tradition, chosen partly because the dye was historically accessible and symbolically linked to renunciation.
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