Where does “ترنجی” come from?

ترنجی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic تُرُنْج, from Old Persian turung, from Sanskrit मातुलुङ्ग — citron tree.

ترنجی (Ottoman Turkish): resembling a bitter orange, especially in colour

Definitions

  1. resembling a bitter orange, especially in colour

Ancestry of “ترنجی”, step by step

ترنجی traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic تُرُنْج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicتُرُنْجcitron
2Old Persianturung—
3Sanskritमातुलुङ्गcitron tree

via Persian ترنجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianترنجی—

via Classical Persian ترنجی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianترنجی—

Words derived from “ترنجی”

Every word from Sanskrit मातुलुङ्ग →Every word from Old Persian turung →Every word from Arabic تُرُنْج →