The story
- Tamil · derived fromநாரத்தை“citron”
- English todaynaartjie
From Tamil நாரத்தை (nārattai, “citron”) through Afrikaans. Has been used in South Africa since 1790. Appearing in English as naartje in 1901, in this spelling by Lawrence Green in Tavern of the Seas, 1947.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.