Where does “نارنجی” come from?

نارنجی (Persian) comes from Persian نارنج, from Arabic نَارَنْج, from Persian نارنگ, from Sanskrit नारङ्ग, from Dravidian dra, from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu — date palm.

نارنجی (Persian): orange

Definitions

  1. orange

Ancestry of “نارنجی”, step by step

نارنجی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian نارنج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنارنجbitter orange, Seville orange, "Citrus aurantium"
2Arabicنَارَنْجbitter orange
3Persianنارنگbitter orange
4Sanskritनारङ्गthe orange-tree; the juice of the pepper plant;...
5Dravidiandra—
6Proto-Dravidian*cīntudate palm

via Persian ـی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianـیForms nouns or adjectives from nouns; Forms...
2Middle Persian-yk'—
3Old Persian-𐎡𐎣of, pertaining to, belonging to, related to
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-kasCreates deadjectival and desubstantival...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “نارنجی”

Every word from Proto-Dravidian *cīntu →Every word from Dravidian dra →Every word from Sanskrit नारङ्ग →