toronja
citron-like citrus fruit; in Latin America, grapefruitcítrico parecido a la cidra; en América, el pomelo
Comes from Arabic
تُرُنْج
turunj
“the citron”«la cidra»
In Andalusi Arabic: تُرُنْجَة turunja
Arabic today says
تُرُنْج
turunj
And it still does
The article
It came in without the article.
Arabic itself had taken it from Persian.
The story
From Persian toranj, the citron. In Latin America the word moved to the grapefruit, which Arabic today calls jrīb frūt or laymūn hindī.Del persa toranj, la cidra. En América la palabra pasó al pomelo, que en árabe se llama hoy jrīb frūt o laymūn hindī.
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