kastanya

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia), from κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana). Spelling influenced by earlier inherited form kastanye, borrowed from Dutch kastanje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.ˈta.ɲa/

Noun

kastanya (plural kastanya-kastanya, first-person possessive kastanyaku, second-person possessive kastanyamu, third-person possessive kastanyanya)

1. (botany, cooking) chestnut

   Synonyms: berangan, sarangan, lakci

Alternative forms

• kastanye

Further reading

• “kastanya” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.