naranja

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), borrowed from Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang), borrowed from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), possibly from Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːm.

naranja

1. orange (having orange color)

   Synonym: naranjado

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange

• Spanish: naranja (see there for further descendants)

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “naranja”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 354
• “naranjas”, in Vocabulario de comercio medieval [Vocabulary of medieval commerce] (in Spanish), Murcia: University of Murcia, 2013–2024
• “naranjado”, in Vocabulario de comercio medieval [Vocabulary of medieval commerce] (in Spanish), Murcia: University of Murcia, 2013–2024

Inherited from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Compare Portuguese laranja; Catalan taronja is unrelated, being instead cognate to Spanish toronja (“grapefruit”).

• IPA^(key): /naˈɾanxa/ [naˈɾãŋ.xa]

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

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

naranja f (plural naranjas)

1. orange (fruit)

naranja m (plural naranjas)

1. orange (color)

naranja m or f by sense (plural naranjas)

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

• → Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa
• → Italian: narancia
  • → Hungarian: narancs
  • ⇒ Italian: arancia
    • → Old Occitan: auranja
      • Occitan: irange
      • → Old French: orenge (see there for further descendants)
• → Mbya Guarani: narã
• → Paraguayan Guarani: narã
• → Paraujano: laranja
• → Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas
• → Tagalog: narangha
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alöxöx
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: naranja

• “naranja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish naranja, from Old Spanish naranja, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

naranja

1. orange
2. Mommy

• 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