naranja

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), borrowed from Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang), borrowed from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), from Proto-Dravidian *nāram + *kāy.

Adjective

naranja

1. orange (having orange color)

   Synonym: naranjado

Noun

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange

Derived terms

• naranjado
• naranjo

Descendants

• Spanish: naranja
  • → Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa
  • → Italian: narancia
    • → Hungarian: narancs
    • ⇒ Italian: arancia (see there for further descendants)
  • → Mbya Guarani: narã
  • → Paraguayan Guarani: narã
  • → Paraujano: laranja
  • → Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas
  • → Tagalog: narangha
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alöxöx
  • → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: naranja

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “naranja”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 354
• “naranjas”, in Vocabulario de comercio medieval [Vocabulary of medieval commerce] (in Spanish), Murcia: University of Murcia, 2013–2024
• “naranjado”, in Vocabulario de comercio medieval [Vocabulary of medieval commerce] (in Spanish), Murcia: University of Murcia, 2013–2024

Spanish

Picture dictionary: color

color

rojo

naranja

amarillo

verde

azul

violeta

púrpura

rosa

marrón

negro

gris

blanco

Several of the most common color words in Spanish

Naranjas

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?

Proto-Dravidian *nāram

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Spanish naranja

Spanish naranja

Inherited from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Compare Portuguese laranja; Catalan taronja is unrelated, being instead cognate to Spanish toronja (“grapefruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈɾanxa/ [naˈɾãŋ.xa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anxa
• Syllabification: na‧ran‧ja

Adjective

naranja m or f (masculine and feminine plural naranja or naranjas)

1. orange (having orange color)
2. (politics, Spain) Pertaining to Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party

Noun

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

Noun

naranja m (plural naranjas)

1. orange (color)

Noun

naranja m or f by sense (plural naranjas)

1. (politics, Spain) a member or supporter of Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party

Derived terms

• albinaranja
• anaranjado
• media naranja
• naranja de sangre
• naranjado
• naranjilla
• naranjita
• naranjo
• naranjoso
• piel de naranja
• pollo a la naranja

Descendants

• → Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa
• → Italian: narancia
  • → Hungarian: narancs
  • ⇒ Italian: arancia (see there for further descendants)
• → Mbya Guarani: narã
• → Paraguayan Guarani: narã
• → Paraujano: laranja
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas
• → Tagalog: narangha
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alöxöx
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: naranja

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

Further reading

• “naranja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?

Proto-Dravidian *nāram

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Spanish naranja

Spanish naranjabor.

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl naranja

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

Noun

naranja

1. orange
2. Mommy

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