naraankas

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranjas (“oranges”), plural of naranja (“orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj, “bitter orange”), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”).

Noun

naraankas

  1. orange
  2. orange tree

References
  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 135
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