pestana

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin: probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *pĭstannā.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈtana̝/

Noun

pestana f (plural pestanas)

1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)

References

• “pestana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “pestana” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pestana” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pestana” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “pestana” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pes.ˈtɐ.na/, /pes.ˈtɐ.nɐ/, /peʃ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃ.ˈtɐ.nɐ/
• Homophone: Pestana
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃na

Noun

pestana f (plural pestanas)

1. eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids)
2. nap (short period of sleep)
3. (music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings)
4. (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings)