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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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νισεστές (nisestésm (plural νισεστέδες)

  1. starch, cornstarch

Declension

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References

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