köken: Inherited from Middle French orange, from Old French orenge, short form of late pomme d'orenge or pomme d'orange, which was calqued after Old Italian melarancia (mela + arancia). The o came into the word under influence of the place name Orange. See English orange.
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।
köken: From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”); influenced in form by a folk etymology connecting it with aurum (“gold”). See orange for more.