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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نشاسته (nişaste, nişasta, starch), possibly with [a] > [e],[1] ultimately from Persian نشاسته (nešâsta, nešâste).[2]

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Noun edit

νισεστές (nisestésm (plural νισεστέδες)

  1. starch, cornstarch

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References edit

  1. ^ νισεστέςΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. ^ νισεστές - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre