laranja

Basque

laranja

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /laɾanɟa/ [la.ɾãɲ.ɟa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /laɾanxa/ [la.ɾaŋ.xa]

• 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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• Rhymes: -anɟa, -a

 

• Rhymes: -anxa, -a

• Rhymes: -anxa, -a
• Rhymes: -andʒa, -a
• Rhymes: -anja, -a

• Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

Noun

laranja inan

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

Declension

Declension of laranja (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	laranja	laranja	laranjak	laranjok
ergative	laranjak	laranjak	laranjek	laranjok
dative	laranjari	laranjari	laranjei	laranjoi
genitive	laranjaren	laranjaren	laranjen	laranjon
comitative	laranjarekin	laranjarekin	laranjekin	laranjokin
causative	laranjarengatik	laranjarengatik	laranjengatik	laranjongatik
benefactive	laranjarentzat	laranjarentzat	laranjentzat	laranjontzat
instrumental	laranjaz	laranjaz	laranjez	laranjotaz
innesive	laranjatan	laranjan	laranjetan	laranjotan
locative	laranjatako	laranjako	laranjetako	laranjotako
allative	laranjatara	laranjara	laranjetara	laranjotara
terminative	laranjataraino	laranjaraino	laranjetaraino	laranjotaraino
directive	laranjatarantz	laranjarantz	laranjetarantz	laranjotarantz
destinative	laranjatarako	laranjarako	laranjetarako	laranjotarako
ablative	laranjatatik	laranjatik	laranjetatik	laranjotatik
partitive	laranjarik	—	—	—
prolative	laranjatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• laranja atal
• laranja lore
• laranja zuku
• laranjondo

Adjective

laranja (comparative laranjago, superlative laranjen, excessive laranjegi)

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

See also

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text)

zuri	gris	beltz
gorri	laranja; marroi	hori
	berde
	oztin	urdin
ubel	more	arrosa

Further reading

• “laranja”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “laranja”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Galician

Noun

laranja f (plural laranjas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of laranxa

References

• “laranja”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• laranga, *naranja

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese laranja

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), borrowed from Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang), borrowed from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), possibly from Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːm. Cognate with Old Spanish naranja.

Noun

laranja f (plural laranjas)

1. orange

Derived terms

• larangeira
• naranjal

Descendants

• >? Fala: narandxa
• Galician: laranxa
• Portuguese: laranja

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “laranja”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2025), “laranja”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Machado, José Pedro (1995), “laranja”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa [Etymological dictionary of the Portuguese language] (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume III (F–L), Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 386, column 2
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “laranja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Paraujano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɺanha/
• Rhymes: -anha
• Syllabification: la‧ran‧ja

Noun

laranja (alienable)

1. orange

References

• Álvarez, José; Bravo, María (2008), “laranja”, in Diccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language]‎^[1], Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia, →ISBN, page 87.

Portuguese

laranja

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese laranja

Portuguese laranja

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese laranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Spanish naranja.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

Adjective

laranja (invariable)

1. orange (having orange as its color)

   Synonyms: alaranjado, cor de laranja

Noun

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.

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   • 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.

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   • 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 drunk, 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

• alaranjar
• cor de laranja
• laranja-azeda
• laranja-cravo
• laranja-da-china
• laranja-da-terra
• laranja-doce
• laranja-lima
• laranja-mimosa
• laranja-pera
• laranjada
• laranjal
• laranjão
• laranjeira
• laranjinha

Noun

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

• Kadiwéu: lalaanja

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Further reading

• “laranja”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “laranja”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “laranja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “laranja”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025