არანძი

არანძი

Laz

Alternative forms

• არარანცი (araranci) – Khopa
• ანძი (anʒi) – Vitse

Etymology

Borrowed from an alternative form of Pontic Greek νεράντζιν (nerántzin).

Noun

არანძი • (aranʒi) (Latin spelling aranži) (Artasheni, Vitse, Arkabi, Khopa)

1. bitter orange, Seville orange (Citrus × aurantium) (fruit and tree)

   Coordinate term: ფოტუკალი (poṭuḳali)

Derived terms

• არანძა (aranʒa)

References

• Bucaklişi, İsmail Avcı; Uzunhasanoğlu, Hasan; Aleksiva, Irfan (2007), “aranži”, in Büyük Lazca Sözlük / Didi Lazuri Nenapuna [Great Laz Dictionary] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, page 45b, also glosses as "orange (Citrus sinensis)"
• Aleksiva, Irfan Çağatay (2020), “aranži”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 11, connects with Italian arancia
• Марр, Н. (1910), “არარანცი”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 127
• Tandilava, Ali (2013), “არანძი”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi