pestanya

Catalan

Etymology

Probably borrowed via Basque from Vulgar Latin *pistanna, from an uncertain Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”); compare Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”) and Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos, “breast, chest”). Related to Spanish pestaña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pəsˈta.ɲə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [pesˈta.ɲa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲa

Noun

pestanya f (plural pestanyes)

1. eyelash
2. (graphical user interface) tab

Related terms

• pestanyejar

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Self-published: Xlibris, →ISBN