portokall

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پورتقال (portokal), with /l/ forms from Greek πορτοκάλι (portokáli).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾtoˈkaɫ/
  • Rhymes: -aɫ

Noun

portokall m (plural portokaj, definite portokalli, definite plural portokajtë)

  1. orange, sweet orange (Citrus × aurantium var. sinensis)

Declension

Declension of portokall
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative portokall portokalli portokaj portokajtë
accusative portokallin
dative portokalli portokallit portokajve portokajve
ablative portokajsh

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

portokall (feminine portokalle)

  1. orange (colour)

References

  • “portoká/ll,~lli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1521b
  • Topalli, Kolec (2017) “portokall”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1173
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “portokal [] portokall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 396a
  • Leotti, Angelo (1916) “portokál-i”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 145
  • Weigand, Gustav (1914) “portokál-i”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 71a
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “πορτοκάλ-ι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 334
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “portokaľe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 348
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “portugàλ”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1023a