νισεστές

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نشاسته (nişaste, nişasta, starch), possibly with [a] > [e],[1] ultimately from Persian نشاسته (nešâsta, nešâste).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ni.seˈstes/

Noun

νισεστές • (nisestés) m (plural νισεστέδες)

  1. starch, cornstarch

Declension

References

  1. νισεστές - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. νισεστές - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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