پورتقال

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian portogallo (orange), compare Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli).

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Noun

پورتقال (portokal, portakal, portukal)

  1. orange (fruit and tree)
    Synonyms: نارنج (narenc), ترنج (turunc, türünc)
    پورتقال آغاجیportokal ağacıorange tree
    پورتقال چیچگیportokal çiçeğiorange flower
    • a. 1730, Ahmed III, a letter to the grand vizier:
      كچنده پورتقال طورنجی كوندردكك لكن غایت اكشی
      geçende portokal turuncu gönderd{iğ}iñ lakin ğayet ekşi
      you sent Portuguese oranges the other day but they were very sour
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

پوٓرْتُقال or پوٓرْتٰقال (Portokal or Portakal)

  1. Portugal (a country in Europe)
    Synonym: پورتگیز (portegiz)

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