κάστανα
See also: καστανά
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
- κᾰ́στᾰνον (kástanon) — rare singular
- κᾰστᾰ́ναιᾰ (kastánaia), κᾰ́στᾰνοι (kástanoi), κᾰστᾰνῐ́αι (kastaníai), κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia)
Etymology edit
Possibly Pre-Greek. Claimed by ancient writers to derive from Καστανέα (Kastanéa), a location in Magnesia, Thessalia, but the location itself is most likely named after the tree. Potentially from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). Compare also with Old Armenian կասկ (kask) and Albanian thanë (from Proto-Albanian *tsàna).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kás.ta.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
Noun edit
κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ • (kástana) n pl (genitive κᾰστᾰ́νων); second declension
Declension edit
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ tà kástana | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν κᾰστᾰ́νων tôn kastánōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς κᾰστᾰ́νοις toîs kastánois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ tà kástana | ||||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ kástana | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: κάστανο (kástano)
- → Arabic: كستناء (kastanāʔ) (see there for further descendants)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܣܛܢܝܐ (qasṭāniyā) (via variant κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia))
- → Arabic: كستانية (kastāniya)
- → Latin: castanea (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Armenian: կաստանայ (kastanay)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كستانه (kestane) (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “κάστανα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάστανα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek edit
Noun edit
κάστανα • (kástana) n
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of κάστανο (kástano).