kastanya

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kasˈtaɲa/ [kasˈt̪a.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: kas‧ta‧nya

Noun

kastanya (plural kastanya-kastanya)

  1. chestnut
    Synonyms: berangan, sarangan, lakci
    1. a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea
    2. a nut of this tree or shrub
    3. wood of a chestnut tree

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