naranja
orange (the fruit)fruto del naranjo
Comes from Arabic
نَارَنْج
nāranj
“the bitter orange”«la naranja amarga»
In Andalusi Arabic: نَارَنْجَة nāranja
Arabic today says
بُرْتُقَال
burtuqāl
The article
It came in without the article.
Arabic itself had taken it from Persian, which took it from Sanskrit.
The story
The Arabs brought the bitter orange (nāranj, from Persian nārang). The sweet orange came later with the Portuguese, which is why Arabic calls it burtuqāl, "Portugal".Los árabes trajeron la naranja amarga (nāranj, del persa nārang). La dulce llegó después con los portugueses, y por eso en árabe se llama burtuqāl, «Portugal».
In a sentence
Un zumo de naranja, por favor.
An orange juice, please.
عَصِيرُ بُرْتُقَالٍ، مِنْ فَضْلِك.
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