Orasch

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• orazj, orange (Veldeke spelling)
• Orangel (Eupen)

Etymology

Borrowed from French orange, from Old French pume orenge, influenced by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈʁãːʃ]

Noun

Orasch f (plural Orasche̩) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

1. orange (fruit)

   Synonym: Ape̩lsiin

2. (some dialects, specifically) bitter orange (fruit)