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.

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.