Translation
orange (fruit)
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Word origin
An international borrowing of orange, which travelled with the fruit itself: from Sanskrit naranga through Persian narang and Arabic naranj into the Romance languages, losing its initial n along the way. The colour word came later, named after the fruit in Esperanto just as in English.
- Origin
- French and international, ultimately Sanskrit
- Root
- naranga
- English cognates
- orange
Examples
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I eat an orange every day.
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Oranges grow in warm countries.
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The child wanted a sweet orange, not an apple.
The fruit is ; the colour is the adjective oranĝkolora or simply . Esperanto copied English's trick of naming the colour after the fruit, not the other way round.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 2: oranĝo, ĵurnalo, pantalono and 7 more words.