How to say "orange (color)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningorange (color)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
بُرْتُقَالِيّ
burtuqāliyyברתקאלי
برتقالي
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
כתום
katomكَاتُوم
How the two words are related
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Not related to Hebrew katom (כתום). Arabic borrows the fruit's name from 'Portugal' — the trade route through which sweet oranges reached the region — exactly like Greek portokáli, Turkish portakal, and Romanian portocală.
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
بُرْتُقَانِي
burtuʾāniברתאאניCairo says burtuʾāni, with n and the qāf as a glottal stop.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لِيمُونِي
līmūniלימוניDarija's orange is līmūni — from līmūn, its word for the orange fruit.
In a phrase
سَيَّارَة بُرْتُقَالِيَّة
sayyāra burtuqāliyyaסיארה ברתקאליהan orange car
Feminine
بُرْتُقَالِيَّة
burtuqāliyyaברתקאליה