pestana

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana (independently attested in both corpora), of uncertain origin: probably from Paleo-Hispanic *pĭstannā. Cognate with Portuguese pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian pestaña, Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pesˈtana̝/ === Noun === pestana f (plural pestanas) eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids) Synonym: perfeba ==== Related terms ==== pestanexar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pestana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pestana”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pestana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pestana”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pestana”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese pestana, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Galician pestana, Mirandese pestanha, Asturian and Spanish pestaña and Catalan pestanya. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Pestana Rhymes: -ɐnɐ Hyphenation: pes‧ta‧na === Noun === pestana f (plural pestanas) eyelash (one of the hairs which grow along the edge of eyelids) Synonyms: celho, cílio nap (short period of sleep) Synonyms: cochilo, sesta, soneca (music) nut (a small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard of string instruments that holds the strings) (music) barre chord (type of chord where a finger presses multiple strings) ==== Derived terms ==== pestaninha (diminutive) queimar as pestanas João Pestana ==== Related terms ==== pestanear pestanejante pestanejar pestanejo pestanudo === Further reading === “pestana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pestana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026