auranja (Old Occitan)

Where does "auranja" come from?

The Old Occitan noun 'auranja', meaning 'orange (fruit)', comes from the Arabic word 'نَارَنْج'[1][2]. This Arabic term was itself borrowed from Classical Persian 'نَارَنْگ', which traces back to Sanskrit 'نَارङ्ग' meaning 'orange tree'[2].

Open questions

• The ultimate origin reaches back to a reconstructed Proto Austroasiatic form, which remains uncertain. [2]

Full etymology tree

• auranja (Old Occitan), 'orange (fruit)'
  • inherited نارنج (nāranj) (Arabic), 'bitter orange (Citrus aurantium)'
    • borrowed نَارَنْگ (nārang) (Classical Persian)
      • borrowed नारङ्ग (nāraṅga) (Sanskrit), 'the orange tree'
        • derived *ŋaːmder.? (Proto-Austroasiatic)

Cognates and doublets

• orange (English)

Descendants and derived words

• irange (Occitan)
• orenge (Old French)

Sources

1. auranja (Old Occitan) - Wiktionary
2. نارنج (nāranj) (Arabic) - Wiktionary

Updated August 2026

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