ܦܘܪܬܩܠܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Borrowed from either Arabic بُرْتُقَال (burtuqāl) or Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal), ultimately from Portuguese Portugal; compare ܦܘܿܪܛܘܼܓ݂ܵܠ (pōrṭūḡāl, “Portugal”), taken directly from Portuguese.
Pronunciation
Noun
ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ • (purtqālā) m sg (plural ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܹܐ (purtqālē))
- orange (citrus fruit with a sweet flavour)
- Synonym: ܐܸܛܪܘܼܓܵܐ ܚܸܠܝܵܐ (iṭrūgā ḥilyā, literally “sweet citron”)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠ (purtqāl) | 1st person | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܝܼ (purtqālī) | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܲܢ (purtqālan) | |||
| construct | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠ (purtqāl) | 2nd person | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܘܼܟ݂ (purtqālōḵ) | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ (purtqālāḵ) | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (purtqālawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā) | 3rd person | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܹܗ (purtqālēh) | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܗ̇ (purtqālāh) | ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܗܘܿܢ (purtqālhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܝܼܢ (purtqālīn) | 1st person | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܝܼ (purtqālī) | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܲܢ (purtqālan) | |||
| construct | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܲܝ (purtqālay) | 2nd person | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܘܼܟ݂ (purtqālōḵ) | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܵܟ݂ܝ (purtqālāḵ) | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (purtqālawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܹܐ (purtqālē) | 3rd person | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܘܼܗܝ (purtqālūh) | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܘܼܗ̇ (purtqālōh) | ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܲܝܗܘܿܢ (purtqālayhōn) | |||
Derived terms
- ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܝܵܐ (purtqālāyā, “orange color”)
- ܥܨܵܪ ܦܘܼܪ̈ܬܩܵܠܹܐ (ˁṣār purtqālē, “orange juice”)