Further to my comment on `orange' and nArtta.nkAy,
I'd like to mention that Webster's derives orange
from a Dravidian origin, via Skt, Arabic, Persian,
Old Provencal, French, and finally, Middle English.
I refrained from reproducing the entry due to possible
copyright problems.
Satyanad Kichenassamy
School of Mathematics
University of Minnesota
E-mail: kichenas at math.umn.edu