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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal, “orange”), ultimately from Venetian portogallo.
Noun
ფოტუკალი • (poťuǩali) (Latin spelling poťuǩali) (Arkabi)
- orange (Citrus sinensis) (fruit and tree)
- Coordinate term: არანძი (aranżi)
მთუგიქ ფოტუკალი გოხორუმს დო მეშიფხორს- mtugik poťuǩali goxorums do meşipxors
- The mouse gnaws around the orange and eats the inside
References
- Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020) “porťiǩali”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 40
- Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı, Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan, Aleksiva, Irfan (2007) “porťiǩali”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 833b
- Kojima, Gôichi (2012–) “pot’uk’ali”, in Temel Lazca-Türkçe Sözlük Taslağı (in Turkish)
- Tandilava, Ali (2013) “ფორთოკალე”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi