How to say “orange” around the world

179 languages · 179 in their own spelling

The orange’s name records its journey: Sanskrit nāraṅga → Persian nārang → Arabic nāranj → Spanish naranja. In Greek, Turkish and many Middle Eastern languages it is called “Portugal” (portokali, portakal), because Portuguese traders brought the sweet orange.

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Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.

Language	Word	Romanization	Family
Chinese	橙子	chéngzi	Sino-Tibetan
English	orange		Indo-European
Spanish	naranja		Indo-European
Hindi	नारंगी	nāraṅgī	Indo-European
Arabic	بُرْتُقَال	burtuqāl	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	কমলা	komola	Indo-European
Indonesian	jeruk		Austronesian
Portuguese	laranja		Indo-European
French	orange		Indo-European
Russian	апельси́н	apelʹsín	Indo-European
Japanese	オレンジ	orenji	Japonic
Marathi	संत्रे	santre	Indo-European
Swahili	chungwa		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	portakal		Turkic
Telugu	నారింజ	nāriñja	Dravidian
Korean	오렌지	orenji	Koreanic
German	Orange		Indo-European
Vietnamese	cam		Austroasiatic
Tamil	ஆரஞ்சு	ārañcu	Dravidian
Cantonese	橙		Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	مالْٹا	mālṭā	Indo-European
Italian	arancia		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	برتقان	burtuʔān	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	સંતરું	santrũ	Indo-European
Western Farsi	پرتقال	porteqâl	Indo-European
Kannada	ಕಿತ್ತಳೆ	kittaḷe	Dravidian
Polish	pomarańcza		Indo-European
Yoruba	ọsàn		Atlantic-Congo
Malayalam	മധുര നാരങ്ങ	madhura nāraṅṅa	Dravidian
Burmese	လိမ္မော်	limmau	Sino-Tibetan
Moroccan Arabic	ليمون	līmūn	Afro-Asiatic
Ukrainian	апельси́н	apelʹsýn	Indo-European
Uzbek	apelsin		Turkic
Sindhi	نارنگِي	narangi	Indo-European
Romanian	portocală		Indo-European
Dutch	sinaasappel		Indo-European
Thai	ส้ม	sôm	Tai-Kadai
Lingala	lilala		Atlantic-Congo
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	на̀ра̄нџа		Indo-European
Khmer	ក្រូចពោធិសាត់	krooch pootʰi’sat	Austroasiatic
Somali	liin macaan		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	narynç		Turkic
Assamese	কমলা	komola	Indo-European
Sinhala	දොඩම්	doḍam	Indo-European
Greek	πορτοκάλι	portokáli	Indo-European
Kurdish	pirteqal		Indo-European
Hijazi Arabic	بُرْتُقالة	burtuqāla	Afro-Asiatic
Tajik	афлесун	aflesun	Indo-European
Tsonga	lamula		Atlantic-Congo
Kazakh	апельсин	apelʹsiyn	Turkic
Hungarian	narancs		Uralic
Tunisian Arabic	بُرْقْدَانْ	borgdēn	Afro-Asiatic
Southern Pashto	نارنج	nārᶕnǰ	Indo-European
Czech	pomeranč		Indo-European
Uighur	ئاپېلسىن	apëlsin	Turkic
Afrikaans	lemoen		Indo-European
Haitian	zoranj		Indo-European
Swedish	apelsin		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	portağal		Turkic
Bulgarian	портока́л	portokál	Indo-European
Belarusian	апэльсі́н	apelʹsín	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ኣራንሺ	ʾaranši	Afro-Asiatic
Neapolitan	purtuallo		Indo-European
Central Kurdish	پرتەقاڵ	pirteqall	Indo-European
Kikuyu	icungwa		Atlantic-Congo
Danish	appelsin		Indo-European
Slovak	pomaranč		Indo-European
Southern Sotho	lamunu		Atlantic-Congo
Finnish	appelsiini		Uralic
Lao	ສົ້ມ	som	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	appelsin		Indo-European
Tatar	әфлисун	äflisun	Turkic
Catalan	taronja		Indo-European
Guarani	narã		Tupian
Sicilian	aranciu		Indo-European
Kirghiz	апельсин	apelsin	Turkic
Armenian	նարինջ	narinǰ	Indo-European
Lithuanian	apelsinas		Indo-European
Lombard	naranz		Indo-European
Georgian	ფორთოხალი	portoxali	Kartvelian
Albanian	portokall		Indo-European
Mongolian	жүрж	žürž	Mongolic-Khitan
Galician	laranxa		Indo-European
Slovenian	pomaranča		Indo-European
Esperanto	oranĝo		Artificial Language
Macedonian	портокал	portokal	Indo-European
Venetian	naransa		Indo-European
Zhuang	makdoengj		Tai-Kadai
Rohingya	córboti		Indo-European
Latvian	apelsīns		Indo-European
Chechen	апельсин	apelʲsin	Nakh-Daghestanian
Emilian	mlaranza		Indo-European
Estonian	apelsin		Uralic
Bashkir	әфлисун	äflisun	Turkic
Tibetan	ཚ་ལུ་མ	tsha lu ma	Sino-Tibetan
Western Frisian	sinesappel		Indo-European
Kalmyk	зүрҗ	zürj	Mongolic-Khitan
Pontic	πορτοκάλιν	portokálin	Indo-European
Basque	laranja		Isolates
Welsh	oren		Indo-European
Morisyen	zoranz		Indo-European
Réunion Creole French	zoranz		Indo-European
Maltese	larinġa		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	portaqal		Turkic
Occitan	irange		Indo-European
Ligurian	çetrón		Indo-European
Tetum	sabraka		Austronesian
Silesian	apluzina		Indo-European
Asturian	naranxa		Indo-European
Samoan	moli ʻaina		Austronesian
Sranan Tongo	apresina		Indo-European
Fijian	moli dawa		Austronesian
Dhivehi	އޮރެންޖު	oren̊ju	Indo-European
Icelandic	appelsína		Indo-European
Ngazidja Comorian	trunɗa		Atlantic-Congo
Plautdietsch	Aupelsien		Indo-European
Laz	ფოტუკალი	pot͏̌uǩali	Kartvelian
Dzongkha	ཚལ་ལུ	tshal lu	Sino-Tibetan
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	ܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ	purtqālā	Afro-Asiatic
Māori	ārani		Austronesian
Tonga (Tonga Islands)	moli kai		Austronesian
Navajo	chʼil łitsxooí		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Gagauz	portokal		Turkic
Irish	oráiste		Indo-European
Ladino	portokal		Indo-European
Kashubian	apfelzyna		Indo-European
Breton	orañjezenn		Indo-European
Gallurese Sardinian	purtigàllu		Indo-European
Sassarese Sardinian	aranzu		Indo-European
Erzya	сырнемарь	sïrnemaŕ	Uralic
Faroese	appilsin		Indo-European
Scottish Gaelic	òr-mheas		Indo-European
Southern Altai	апельсин	apelʹsin	Turkic
Sanskrit	कमला	kamalā	Indo-European
Dungan	чынзы	čɨnzɨ	Sino-Tibetan
Aukan	apeesina		Indo-European
Hawaiian	ʻalani		Austronesian
North Saami	appelsiidna		Uralic
Bislama	aranis		Indo-European
Northern Frisian	apelsiin		Indo-European
Louisiana Creole	zoranj		Indo-European
Rapanui	'ānani		Austronesian
Pitjantjatjara	aṟinytji		Pama-Nyungan
Manx	oranje		Indo-European
Cornish	owraval		Indo-European
Chamicuro	alansha		Arawakan
Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole French	oranj		Indo-European
Gulf Arabic	برتقال	burtaqāl	Afro-Asiatic
Atong (India)	komyla		Sino-Tibetan
Saterland Frisian	Appelsiene		Indo-European
Kalaallisut	appelsiina		Eskimo-Aleut
Mbyá Guaraní	narã		Tupian
Hebrew	תַּפּוּז	tapúz	Afro-Asiatic
Hunsrik	Ransch		Indo-European
Javanese	jeruk		Austronesian
Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo)	dilala		Atlantic-Congo
Latin	mālum aurantium		Indo-European
Livonian	appõlsin		Uralic
Low German	Appelsien		Indo-European
Lundayeh	buyo		Austronesian
Lautu	byihlyi		Sino-Tibetan
Moselle Franconian	Orange		Indo-European
Makah	ʔo·linčas		Wakashan
Malagasy	menapina		Austronesian
Malay	oren		Austronesian
Brunei	limau		Austronesian
Mongo	lilala		Atlantic-Congo
Classical Nahuatl	lalaxtli		Uto-Aztecan
Oromo	burtukaana		Afro-Asiatic
Iron Ossetian	апельсин	apelʹsin	Indo-European
Eastern Panjabi	ਸੰਤਰਾ	santrā	Indo-European
Sardinian	aranzu		Indo-European
Campidanese Sardinian	arangiu		Indo-European
Tagalog	kahel		Austronesian
Unami	òlënch		Algic
Vurës	m̄öl		Austronesian
Ho-Chunk	wažązi		Siouan
Wolof	soraans		Atlantic-Congo
Yiddish	מאַראַנץ	marants	Indo-European