laranxa

laranja (reintegrationist spelling)

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

• IPA^(key): /laˈɾanʃa̝/

laranxa m or f (plural laranxas)

1. orange (colour)

laranxa f (plural laranxas)

1. orange (fruit)

   Es a millor laranxa que saliu do laranxeiro.

   You are the best orange that came out of the orange grove.

• laranxeira

• “laranxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “laranxa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “laranxa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.