adjective green, tawny Dhs.617; Dhs-a.317 --ssavaṇṇa gold-coloured Ja.ii.33 (= hari-samāna-vaṇṇa suvaṇṇa˚ C.).

• -candana yellow sandal Vv.83#1; Dhp-a.i.28;
• -tāla yellow orpiment Thig.393; Dhp-a.iii.29; Dhp-a.iv.113;
• -ttaca gold-coloured Thig.333; Thag-a.235;
• -pada gold foot yellow leg, a deer Ja.iii.184.

Idg. *ĝhel, as in Lat. helvus yellow, holus cabbage; Sk. harita, hariṇa pale (yellow or green), hiri (yellow); Av. ƶairi; Gr. ξλόος green, ξλόη “greens” Ags. geolo = E. yellow. Also the words for “gold” hāṭaka & hiraṇya