# laranja
## Basque
### Etymology

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /laɾanɟa/ [la.ɾãɲ.ɟa]
* IPA: (Southern) /laɾanxa/ [la.ɾaŋ.xa]
* IPA: (Gipuzkoan) /laɾanxa/ [la.ɾaŋ.xa]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /laɾand͡ʒa/ [la.ɾãnʲ.d͡ʒa]
* IPA: (Navarrese) /laɾanja/ [la.ɾãɲ.ja]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anɟa, -a
* Rhymes: -anxa, -a
* Rhymes: -anxa, -a
* Rhymes: -andʒa, -a
* Rhymes: -anja, -a
* Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

### Noun

laranja inan
* orange (fruit)
* orange (color)

#### Derived terms

* laranja atal
* laranja lore
* laranja zuku
* laranjondo

### Adjective

laranja (comparative laranjago, superlative laranjen, excessive laranjegi)
* having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree.

### See also

Colors in Basque · koloreak (layout · text) :
| zuri | gris | beltz |
| gorri | laranja; marroi | hori |
| | berde | |
| | oztin | urdin |
| ubel | more | arrosa |

### Further reading

* “laranja”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “laranja”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Galician
### Noun

laranja f (plural laranjas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of laranxa

### References

* “laranja” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Paraujano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naranja.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈɺanha/
* Rhymes: -anha
* Syllabification: la‧ran‧ja

### Noun

laranja (alienable)
* orange

### References

* Álvarez, José, Bravo, María (2008) “laranja”, in Diccionario básico de la lengua añú [Basic dictionary of the Añú language]‎, Maracaibo, Venezuela: University of Zulia, →ISBN, page 87.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), itself of uncertain origin, possibly Dravidian. Compare Spanish naranja.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /laˈɾɐ̃.ʒa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈɾɐ̃.ʒɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
* Hyphenation: la‧ran‧ja

### Adjective

laranja (invariable)
* orange (having orange as its color)

### Noun

laranja f (plural laranjas)
* orange (fruit)
** 1563, João de Barros, chapter II, in Terceira decada da Aſia, volume 5, Lisbon, page 124:E querẽdo Eitor Anrriquez de Santarem como hómem de animo poer a lança na tȩſta de hum Elefaute, de dous que ali andauam pelejando: deſuiou o Elefante a lãça com a tromba, & apanhou ò com ella per antre as pȩrnas & lançou o pera o ár como ſe fora hũa laranja, & quis lhe Deos bem que jndo armado cayo em lugar & de maneira que o nã matou.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1693, Antonio Pereyra Rego, “Das Sobre-mãos, ou Formas, & Cravos” (chapter 63), in Inſtruçam da Cavallaria de Brida, Coimbra: Joam Antunes, page 304:As ſobre-mãos ſe manifeſtaõ de principio, como hũa fava; porèm depois vem a creçer, & a fazerſe algũas vezes, como meya laranja.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1707, Joam Curvo Semmedo, “Obſervaçam XLIII”, in Obſervações Medicas Doutrinaes, Lisbon: Antonio Pedrozo Galram, page 271:[…] vim em conhecimento que o veneno, que o eſcravo tinha tomado, era ſolimaõ, & por iſſo lhe dei, primeiro que tudo, um vomitorio de dez onças de agua de flor de laranja, & logo quatro onças de oleo da ſemente dos nabos, & huma oitava de cristal bem preparado, miſturado tudo com outra oitava do meu Bezoartico Cordeal […]I came to know that the poison, that the slave had drunk, was sulema and therefore I gave him, first of all, a vomitory of ten ounces of orange flowers, and four ounces of turnip seed oil right after, and one oitava of well-prepared crystal, mixing everything with another oitava of my Bezoartico Cordeal.
* orange (color)
    Synonym: cor de laranja

#### Derived terms

* alaranjar
* cor de laranja
* laranja-azeda
* laranja-cravo
* laranja-doce
* laranja-lima
* laranja-mimosa
* laranja-pera
* laranjal
* laranjeira
* laranjinha

### Noun

laranja m or f by sense (plural laranjas)
* (colloquial, Brazil) a front man (one who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit, especially in political schemes), a straw man

#### Descendants

* Kadiwéu: lalaanja

### See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text) :
| branco, alvo, cândido | cinza, gris, cinzento | preto, negro, atro |
| vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim | laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom | amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre |
| verde-limão | verde | verde-água; verde-menta |
| ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo | azul-bebê, azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
| violeta, lilás | magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |