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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