naranjilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish naranjilla.

Noun

naranjilla (plural naranjillas)

1. Solanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
2. The edible fruit of this plant.

Spanish

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 *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin -ella

Old Spanish -iella

Spanish -illa

Spanish naranjilla

From naranja (“orange”) + -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxiʝa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxiʝa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʝa] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxiʎa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʎa] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxiʃa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxiʒa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʒa] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /naɾanˈxia/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.a] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ia (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: na‧ran‧ji‧lla

Noun

naranjilla f (plural naranjillas)

1. a naranjilla (subtropical plant)
2. a naranjilla (fruit)

   Synonyms: lulo, quito quito

Further reading

• “naranjilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025