aranciu
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian (compare Tamil நார்த்தங்காய் (nārttaṅkāy), compound of நரந்தம் (narantam, “fragrance”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”); also Telugu నారంగము (nāraṅgamu), Malayalam നാരങ്ങ (nāraṅṅa), Kannada ನಾರಂಗಿ (nāraṅgi)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aranciu m
- orange (fruit)
Usage notes edit
- In Sicilian fruit names are generally masculine because of their derivation from Latin neutral gender used to indicate the progeny of parent plants (cfr. Sicilian pumu, piru), so that the use of feminine - and Italian homonym - arancia is to be considered an Italian superstrate influence.