Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by esfandia on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:15AM
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In Persian, "orange" as a fruit is also "portaghal". But the color is "narenji". And then there's another citrus fruit quite close to the orange called a "narenj", that you can't usually find in the West.
Interestingly, nobody eats the "narenj" directly. They usually squeeze its juice on a fish dish. It gives it a very nice flavour.
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by schoen on Saturday July 28, 2018 @01:25AM
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Wikipedia identifies that fruit as
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_orange
I don't know if I've ever had it or not!
Edit: corresponding Farsi Wikipedia link: https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by fanf2 on Sunday July 29, 2018 @08:14AM
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Bitter oranges make the best marmalade
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by perl4ever on Saturday July 28, 2018 @09:28PM
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"Clementines"[1] are a fruit related to oranges that are commonly sold in grocery stores where I live, but the country they are sourced in varies. I've found the best ones seem to be from Portugal or Spain.
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by schoen on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:50PM
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Wiktionary confirms that the name of the fruit came from the name of the country:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A...
(via Greek, via Venetian!)
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by cagataygurturk on Friday July 27, 2018 @09:25PM
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In Turkish, orange is called „Portakal“. Reason is, this fruit was introduced to Ottoman soil by Portuguese sailors. Probably Turkish people heard the name first from North African Arabs living in Ottoman Empire, and they started to use this word.
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by jug on Saturday July 28, 2018 @07:06AM
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Kind of the same concept as in Swedish with ”apelsin” for orange (the fruit). apel + sin = Apple from China.
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by tk75x on Monday July 30, 2018 @01:30PM
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I was reading comments to see if anybody mentioned the Russian words for orange color and fruit. "apelsin" is the word for the fruit and must have come over from Western Europe but the word for the color is "oranzhevuy" which is just "naranj" with the adjective suffix.
Re:Color or Fruit? The Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
by JohnicBoom on Friday July 27, 2018 @07:22PM
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Oh, cool. It's the same in Greek:
πορτοκάλι = Portokali = Orange
Πορτογαλία = Portogalia = Portugal
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What's the word for "Portugal" in arabic? "bortughal" (that is also not a good transliteration)
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Arabic is my favorite.