naranja

Spanish

Naranjas

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج‎ (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ‎ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Compare Portuguese laranja and Catalan taronja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈɾanxa/, [naˈɾãŋxa]
• Rhymes: -aŋxa

Adjective

naranja (plural naranjas)

1. orange (having orange color)

Noun

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

naranja m (plural naranjas)

1. orange (color)

Derived terms

Terms derived from naranja

• albinaranja
• anaranjado

• naranjado
• naranjilla

• naranjo

Descendants

• → Italian: narancia
  • → Hungarian: narancs
  • ⇒ Italian: arancia
    • → Old Occitan: auranja
      • Occitan: irange
      • → Old French: orenge
        • French: orange (see there for further descendants)
        • Norman: orange, oraunge
        • → Middle English: orenge, orange
          • English: orange (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “naranja” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج‎ (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ‎ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

Noun

naranja

1. orange

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 20