laranja

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian.

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• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /laɾanɟa/ [la.ɾãɲ.ɟa]

• (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -anɟa

• Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

laranja inan

1. orange (fruit)
2. orange (color)

laranja (comparative laranjago, superlative laranjen, excessive laranjegi)

1. having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree.

• "laranja" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “laranja” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Spanish naranja.

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
• Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

laranja (invariable)

1. orange (having orange as its color)

laranja f (plural laranjas)

1. orange (fruit)
2. orange (color)

   Synonym: cor de laranja

laranja m or f by sense (plural laranjas)

1. (colloquial, Brazil) a front man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit, especially in political schemes), a straw man

• Kadiwéu: lalaanja