auranja

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• arange

Etymology

The Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch traces auranja, ultimately back to Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj). See English orange.

Noun

auranja f (oblique plural auranjas, nominative singular auranja, nominative plural auranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

Descendants

• Occitan: irange
• → Old French: orenge
  • French: orange
    • → Breton: orañjez
    • → Belarusian: ара́нжавы (aránžavy)
    • → Bulgarian: ора́нжев (oránžev)
    • → German: Orange
    • Haitian Creole: zoranj
    • → Latvian: oranžs
    • Louisiana Creole: zoranj
    • → Low German: Orange
    • → Luxembourgish: Orange
    • → Norwegian: oransje
    • → Romanian: oranj
    • → Russian: ора́нжевый (oránževyj)
    • → Swedish: orange
  • Norman: orange, oraunge
  • → Middle English: orenge, orange
    • English: orange
      • → Esperanto: oranĝo
      • → Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
      • → Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
      • → Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
      • → Makah: ʔo·linčas
      • → Malay: oren
      • → Marshallese: oran

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nārang(a)”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 19: Orientalia, page 138