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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian portogallo (“orange”) or whichever cognate in the languages of Italy. Mediation via Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal) is also possible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poɾtoˈkali/
- Hyphenation: πορ‧το‧κά‧λι
Noun
πορτοκάλι • (portokáli) n (plural πορτοκάλια)
- orange (fruit)
- φρεσκοστυμμένος χυμός πορτοκαλιού ― freskostymménos chymós portokalioú ― freshly squeezed orange juice
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References
- πορτοκάλι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre, page 1142ab
- πορτοκάλι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 1455a.
- πορτοκάλι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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