સંતરું

Borrowed from Portuguese Sintra (“a town in Lisboa, Portugal”). Compare semantically Italian portogallo (“sweet orange”, literally “Portugal”).

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈsən.t̪ɾũ/
• Hyphenation: સંત‧રું
• Rhymes: -ũ

સંતરું • (santrũ) n

1. orange (fruit)

   Synonym: નારંગી (nāraṅgī)

   મને બીજાં ફળો કરતાં સંતરાં વધુ ગમે છે.

   mane bījā̃ phaḷo kartā̃ santrā̃ vadhu game che.

   I like oranges more than any other fruit.

In East Africa, speakers may colloquially use Swahili machungwa instead.

• “સંતરું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.