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/ [naˈɾãŋ.xa]
• Rhymes: -aŋxa

Adjective

naranja m or f (masculine and feminine plural naranjas)

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

Noun

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

naranja m (plural naranjas)

1. orange (color)

naranja m or f (plural naranjas)

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

Derived terms

• albinaranja
• anaranjado
• media naranja
• naranjado
• naranjilla
• naranjita
• naranjo
• zumo de naranja

 

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)
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas
• → 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, 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