νεράντζιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νεράντζιν (nerántzin), νεράντζι (nerántzi), νεράτζι (nerátzi), ἐράντζι (erántzi)
Etymology
From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), ultimately from Persian نارنگ (nârang).
Noun
νεράντζιον • (nerántzion) n (Byzantine)
- bitter orange, Seville orange (fruit)
Derived terms
- νεραντζέα (nerantzéa)
- νεραντζόζουμον (nerantzózoumon)
Descendants
- > Greek: νεράντζι (nerántzi), νεράτζι (nerátzi) (inherited)
- > Pontic Greek: νεράντζιν (nerántzin), αναράντζιν (anarántzin), ανάραντζιν (anárantzin), αναράντζ' (anarántz') (inherited)
- → Laz: არანძი (aranʒi), არარანცი (araranci)
Further reading
- νεράντζιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- νεράντζι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (1971), “173 noms communs grecs d'origine iranienne”, in Byzantinoslavica (in French), volume 32, § 5, page 31 of 52–55
- νεράντζιον - Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek), Online edition
- Simeonov, Grigori (2013) Obst in Byzanz: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Ernährung im östlichen Mittelmeerraum (in German), Saarbrücken: AV Akademikerverlag, pages 83–84