برتقال

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See also: پرتقال

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal), or less likely from Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli). Doublet of الْبُرْتُغَال (al-burtuḡāl, Portugal), taken directly from the Portuguese or through a Romance cognate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bur.tu.qaːl/
  • Audio:(file)
    • (Kuwaiti) IPA(key): /bʊrtəqɑːl/

Noun

بُرْتُقَال (burtuqālm (collective, singulative بُرْتُقَالَة f (burtuqāla))

  1. orange, oranges
    Alternative form: بُرْتُقَان (burtuqān)

Declension

Descendants

  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ (purtqālā)
via the variant بُرْتُقَان (burtuqān)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “برتقال”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 63

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