kasztan

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia), from κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana). Doublet of szatyn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʂ.tan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aʂtan
  • Syllabification: kasz‧tan

Noun

kasztan m inan

  1. chestnut tree (tree of genus Castanea)
  2. chestnut (edible nut of a chestnut tree)
  3. (uncountable) chestnut (dark, reddish-brown colour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree)
    kasztan:  

Declension

Noun

kasztan m animal

  1. reddish-brown horse

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Belarusian: кашта́н (kaštán)
  • Esperanto: kaŝtano
  • Russian: кашта́н (kaštán)
  • Ukrainian: кашта́н (kaštán)

Further reading

  • kasztan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kasztan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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