არანძი

Laz

Alternative forms

• არარანცი (araranʒi) — Khopa
• ანძი (anżi) — Vitse

Etymology

Borrowed from an alternative form of Pontic Greek νεράντζιν (nerántzin).

Noun

არანძი • (aranżi) (Latin spelling aranži) (Artasheni, Vitse, Arkabi, Khopa)

1. bitter orange, Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium) (fruit and tree)

   Coordinate term: ფოტუკალი (poťuǩali)

Derived terms

• არანძა (aranża)

References

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “aranži”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 45b, also glosses as "orange (Citrus sinensis)"
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “aranži”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 11, connects with Italian arancia
• Marr, N. (1910) “არარანცი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 127
• Tandilava, Ali (2013) “არანძი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary]‎^[1], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi