સંતરું
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Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese Sintra (“a town in Lisboa, Portugal”). Compare semantically Italian portogallo (“sweet orange”, literally “Portugal”). See also Classical Persian سَنْگْتَرَه (sangtara).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈsən.t̪ɾũ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: સં‧તરું
Noun
[edit]સંતરું • (santrũ) n
- orange (fruit)
- Synonym: નારંગી (nāraṅgī)
- મને બીજાં ફળો કરતાં સંતરાં વધુ ગમે છે.
- mane bījā̃ phaḷo kartā̃ santrā̃ vadhu game che.
- I like oranges more than any other fruit.
Usage notes
[edit]In East Africa, speakers may colloquially use Swahili machungwa instead.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | સંતરું (santrũ) | સંતરાં, સંતરાંઓ (santrā̃, santrā̃o) |
| oblique | સંતરા (santrā) | સંતરાંઓ (santrā̃o) |
| vocative | સંતરા (santrā) | સંતરાંઓ (santrā̃o) |
| instrumental | સંતરે (santre) | સંતરાંએ (santrā̃e) |
| locative | સંતરે (santre) | સંતરે (santre) |
Further reading
[edit]- “સંતરું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
Categories:
- Gujarati terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Gujarati terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Gujarati terms derived from Portuguese
- Gujarati terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gujarati terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Gujarati/ũ
- Rhymes:Gujarati/ũ/2 syllables
- Gujarati lemmas
- Gujarati nouns
- Gujarati neuter nouns
- Gujarati terms with usage examples
- gu:Fruits
