ብርቱካን

Amharic

ብርቱካኖች(1)።
ብርቱካን(2)።

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُرْتُقَان (burtuqān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɨrtukan/
  • Hyphenation: ብር‧ቱ‧ካን

Noun

ብርቱካን • (bərtukan) m

  1. orange (fruit)
  2. orange (color)

Descendants

  • →? Afar: burtukán
  • → Sidamo: burtukaane

See also

Colors in Amharic · (layout · text)
     ነጭ (näč̣)      ግራጫ (gərač̣a)      ጥቁር (ṭəḳur)
             ቀይ (ḳäy)              ብርቱካን (bərtukan); ቡናማ (bunama)              ቢጫ (bič̣a)
                          አረንጓዴ (ʾärängʷade)             
                                       ሰማያዊ (sämayawi)
                          ሃምራዊ (hamrawi)              ሮዝ (roz)

References

  • Thomas Leiper Kane (1990) “ብርቱካን”, in Amharic-English Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN
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