portokall

Albanian

Alternative forms

• portokalle f
• portokale, protokale f — dialectal
• portokal, portogal — dialectal
• portugall — Gheg, dialectal
• portagale — Calabria

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal), with /l/ forms from Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtoˈkaɫ/
• Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

portokall m (plural portokaj, definite portokalli, definite plural portokajtë)

1. orange, sweet orange (Citrus × aurantium var. sinensis)

Declension

Declension of portokall

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	portokall	portokalli	portokaj	portokajtë
accusative		portokallin
dative	portokalli	portokallit	portokajve	portokajve
ablative			portokajsh

Derived terms

• portokalli
• portokallishtë
• i portokalltë

See also

• nerënxë

Adjective

portokall (feminine portokalle)

1. orange (colour)

References

• “portoká/ll,~lli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1521b
• Topalli, Kolec (2017) “portokall”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1173
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “portokal […] portokall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 396a
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “portokál-i”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 145
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “portokál-i”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 71a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “πορτοκάλ-ι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 334
• Meyer, G. (1891) “portokaľe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 348
• Rossi, F. (1875) “portugàλ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1023a