oranye

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch oranje, from Middle Dutch arance, orange, from Old French orenge, arange, from Latin arancia, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔraɲə]
• Hyphenation: ora‧nyê

Noun

oranyê (first-person possessive oranyeku, second-person possessive oranyemu, third-person possessive oranyenya)

1. orange (colour)

Alternative forms

• orén (Standard Malay, colloquial Indonesian)

Synonyms

• jingga

Further reading

• “oranye” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.