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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian portogallo (“orange”), compare Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli).
Noun
پورتقال • (portokal, portakal, portukal)
- orange (fruit and tree)
- Synonyms: نارنج (narenc), ترنج (turunc, türünc)
- پورتقال آغاجی ― portokal ağacı ― orange tree
- پورتقال چیچگی ― portokal çiçeği ― orange 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
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “portakal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “portakal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3882ab
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پورتقال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 325b
- Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “پوٓرتُقال”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 360b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پورتقال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 456b
- Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “փօրթագալ”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 959b
- Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “پورتقال”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 200a
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 345
Etymology 2
Proper noun
پوٓرْتُقال or پوٓرْتٰقال • (Portokal or Portakal)
- Portugal (a country in Europe)
- Synonym: پورتگیز (portegiz)
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