köken: Borrowed from Russian мандари́н (mandarín), from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).
a satsuma tree, a mikan tree: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit) · a satsuma (fruit), a mikan: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit) · citrus fruit in general
köken: Probably from Middle Chinese 蜜柑 (MC mjit kam, literally “honey + citrus”). Compare modern Mandarin reading mìgān. Obsolete reading.
köken: From French mandarine + -ka, from Portuguese mandarim, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin), from मन्त्र (mantra) + -इन् (-in). Doublet of mandaryn.
köken: Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀁𑀕 (ṇāraṃga), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāráṅga, “the orange tree”) + -इका (-ikā), either ultimately derived from Dravidian, or even possibly further derived from Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːm (“sweet”). Doublet of नारंजी (nārañjī), (derived from Classical Persian نارنجی (nāranjī, “bitter orange”), from the very same origin).
नारंगी प्रायः बहुत खट्टी होती है, किंतु कभी-कभार मीठी भी हो सकती है।