laranja

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laranja

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, orange tree), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /laɾanɟa/ [la.ɾãɲ.ɟa]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /laɾanxa/ [la.ɾaŋ.xa]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /laɾand͡ʒa/ [la.ɾãnʲ.d͡ʒa]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /laɾanja/ [la.ɾãɲ.ja]

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  • (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -anɟa
 

  • Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

Noun[edit]

laranja inan

  1. orange (fruit)
  2. orange (color)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

laranja (comparative laranjago, superlative laranjen, excessive laranjegi)

  1. having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree.

See also[edit]

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)
     zuri      gris      beltz
             gorri              laranja; marroi              hori
                          berde             
                          oztin              urdin
             ubel              more              arrosa

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Portuguese[edit]

laranja

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, orange tree), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Spanish naranja.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Adjective[edit]

laranja (invariable)

  1. orange (having orange as its color)

Noun[edit]

laranja f (plural laranjas)

  1. orange (fruit)
    • 1563, João de Barros, chapter II, in Terceira decada da Aſia, volume 5, Lisbon, page 124:
      E querẽdo Eitor Anrriquez de Santarem como hómem de animo poer a lança na tȩſta de hum Elefaute, de dous que ali andauam pelejando: deſuiou o Elefante a lãça com a tromba, & apanhou ò com ella per antre as pȩrnas & lançou o pera o ár como ſe fora hũa laranja, & quis lhe Deos bem que jndo armado cayo em lugar & de maneira que o nã matou.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1693, Antonio Pereyra Rego, “Das Sobre-mãos, ou Formas, & Cravos” (chapter 63), in Inſtruçam da Cavallaria de Brida, Coimbra: Joam Antunes, page 304:
      As ſobre-mãos ſe manifeſtaõ de principio, como hũa fava; porèm depois vem a creçer, & a fazerſe algũas vezes, como meya laranja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1707, Joam Curvo Semmedo, “Obſervaçam XLIII”, in Obſervações Medicas Doutrinaes, Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, page 271:
      [] vim em conhecimento que o veneno, que o eſcravo tinha tomado, era ſolimaõ, & por iſſo lhe dei, primeiro que tudo, um vomitorio de dez onças de agua de flor de laranja, & logo quatro onças de oleo da ſemente dos nabos, & huma oitava de cristal bem preparado, miſturado tudo com outra oitava do meu Bezoartico Cordeal []
      I came to know that the poison, that the slave had drank, was sulema and therefore I gave him, first of all, a vomitory of ten ounces of orange flowers, and four ounces of turnip seed oil right after, and one oitava of well-prepared crystal, mixing everything with another oitava of my Bezoartico Cordeal.
  2. orange (color)
    Synonym: cor de laranja

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

laranja m or f by sense (plural laranjas)

  1. (colloquial, Brazil) a front man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit, especially in political schemes), a straw man

Descendants[edit]

  • Kadiwéu: lalaanja

See also[edit]

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento
     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim
             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom
             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo
             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás
             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque