dalandan

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austroasiatic *ŋaːmder.?

Proto-Dravidian *nāram

Proto-Dravidian *kāy

Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.

Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.

Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.

Old Spanish naranja

Spanish naranja

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish naranjalbor.

Tagalog dalandan

From alteration of Spanish naranjal (“orange grove”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /dalanˈdan/ [d̪ɐ.lɐn̪ˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: da‧lan‧dan

Noun

dalandán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. bitter orange (Citrus aurantium)
2. generic term for some local varieties of oranges such as dalanghita and sintunis
3. orange (color)

   Synonyms: kahel, narangha

Derived terms

• dalandanan
• kulay-dalandan
• magdadalandan

Related terms

• anaranghada
• dalanghita
• narangha
• naranghada

See also

• kahel
• mangga
• sintunis

Further reading

• “dalandan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018