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Asturian
Noun
pestaña f (plural pestañes)
- eyelash
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish pestaña (“eyelash and eyebrow area; eyelash”), cognate with Portuguese pestana (“eyelash”), Catalan pestanya (“eyelash”) and Gascon Occitan pestana, from Vulgar Latin *pistanna, and related to Basque pizta (“rheum, eye sleep”) and piztule (“pestaña”).
Coromines and Pascual conjecture that the Vulgar Latin term is perhaps from an uncertain Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”), as an extension in the sense of something that hangs from the body.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pesˈtaɲa/
- Rhymes: -aɲa
- Syllabification: pes‧ta‧ña
Noun
pestaña f (plural pestañas)
- (anatomy) eyelash
- (graphical user interface) tab (navigational widget)
- flange
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References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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