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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal), with /l/ forms from Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli).
Pronunciation
Noun
portokall m (plural portokaj, definite portokalli, definite plural portokajtë)
- orange, sweet orange (Citrus × aurantium var. sinensis)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
portokall (feminine portokalle)
- orange (colour)
References
- “portoká/ll,~lli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1521b
- Topalli, K. (2017) “portokall”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1173
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “portokal […] portokall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 396a
- Leotti, Angelo (1916) “portokál-i”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 145
- Weigand, Gustav (1914) “portokál-i”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 71a
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “πορτοκάλ-ι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 334
- Meyer, G. (1891) “portokaľe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 348
- Rossi, F. (1875) “portugàλ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1023a