pestaña

Meaning

1. (feminine) eyelash
2. (feminine) tab (navigational widget)
3. (feminine) flange

Concepts

eyelash

flange

lash

tab

cilium

rim

eyelashes

rim collar

ledge

Synonyms

pestañas

reborde

párpado

ceja

patín

cilio

ribete

pestaña de la rueda

ceja de los ojos

brida

los pelos

ficha

galón

oreja

👂

cordoncillo

orla

refuerzo

Translations

Wimper

cil

ciglio

wimper

ciglia

pestanya

pestana

cílio

Augenwimper

cilia

βλεφαρίδα

Registerkarte

onglet

برژانگ

Hyphenated as

pes‧ta‧ña

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pesˈtaɲa/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: pestana

Cognate with Catalan: pestanya

Cognate with Occitan: pestana

Cognate with Basque: pizta

In summary

From Old Spanish pestaña (“eyelash and eyebrow area; eyelash”), cognate with Portuguese pestana (“eyelash”), Catalan pestanya (“eyelash”) and Gascon Occitan pestana, from Vulgar Latin *pistanna, and related to Basque pizta (“rheum, eye sleep”) and piztule (“pestaña”).
Coromines and Pascual conjecture that the Vulgar Latin term is perhaps from an uncertain Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”), as an extension in the sense of something that hangs from the body.