κάστανα
See also: καστανά
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- κᾰ́στᾰνον (kástanon) — rare singular
- κᾰστᾰ́ναιᾰ (kastánaia), κᾰ́στᾰνοι (kástanoi), κᾰστᾰνῐ́αι (kastaníai), κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia)
Etymology
editBorrowed from a substrate, either Pre-Greek or Anatolian. Compare also Old Armenian կասկ (kask, “chestnut”)[1] and Albanian thanë (“cranberry shrub; cornel”) (< Proto-Albanian *tsàna), which appear to be from the same Mediterranean substrate. Has been 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.
Other theories link the word as potentially from Doric Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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
editκᾰ́στᾰνᾰ • (kástana) n pl (genitive κᾰστᾰ́νων); second declension
Declension
editCase / # | 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- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάστανα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 655
Further reading
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
Greek
editNoun
editκάστανα • (kástana) n
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of κάστανο (kástano).
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