κάστανα

See also: καστανά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰ́στᾰνον (kástanon) — rare singular
• κᾰστᾰ́ναιᾰ (kastánaia), κᾰ́στᾰνοι (kástanoi), κᾰστᾰνῐ́αι (kastaníai), κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia)

Etymology

Possibly . Claimed by ancient writers to derive from Καστανέα (Kastanéa), a location in Asia Minor, 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 Proto-Albanian *tsàna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kás.ta.na/ → /ˈkas.ta.na/ → /ˈkas.ta.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kás.ta.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.ta.na/

Noun

κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ • (kástana) n pl (genitive κᾰστᾰ́νων); second declension

1. sweet chestnuts

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ; τῶν κᾰστᾰ́νων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ tà kástana
Genitive	τῶν κᾰστᾰ́νων tôn kastánōn
Dative	τοῖς κᾰστᾰ́νοις toîs kastánois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ tà kástana
Vocative	κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ kástana
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κάστανο (kástano)
• → Latin: castanea (see there for further descendants)
• → Ottoman Turkish:
  • Turkish: kestane
    • → Zazaki: kestane
  • → Bulgarian: кестен (kesten) (or from German Kastanie)
  • → Crimean Tatar: kestane
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (or from German Kastanie)

    Cyrillic script: кестен

    Latin script: kesten

References

• “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

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Greek

Noun

κάστανα • (kástana) n

1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of κάστανο (kástano).