naranja

Spanish

Naranjas

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Tamil நார்த்தங்காய் (nārttaṅkāy) a compound of நரந்தம் (narantam, “fragrance”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”)). Compare Portuguese laranja and Catalan taronja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈɾanxa/ [naˈɾãŋ.xa]

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• Rhymes: -anxa
• Syllabification: na‧ran‧ja

Adjective

naranja m or f (masculine and feminine plural naranja or naranjas)

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

Noun

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

Noun

naranja m (plural naranjas)

1. orange (color)

Noun

naranja m or f by sense (plural naranjas)

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

Derived terms

• albinaranja
• anaranjado
• media naranja
• naranja de sangre
• naranjado
• naranjilla
• naranjita
• naranjo
• piel de naranja
• pollo a la naranja

Descendants

• → Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa
• → Guaraní: narã
• → Italian: narancia
  • → Hungarian: narancs
  • ⇒ Italian: arancia
    • → Old Occitan: auranja
      • Occitan: irange
      • → Old French: orenge (see there for further descendants)
• → Paraujano: laranja
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas
• → Tagalog: narangha
• → 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Tamil நார்த்தங்காய் (nārttaṅkāy) a compound of நரந்தம் (narantam, “fragrance”) and காய் (kāy, “fruit”)) .

Noun

naranja

1. orange
2. Mommy

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