лющян

Bulgarian

FWOTD – 28 October 2023
лющян

Alternative forms

  • леощя́н (leoštján)
  • левущя́н (levuštján), левуща́н (levuštán), луща́нь (luštánʹ) dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian leuștean, from Late Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum, from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (ligustikón, bastard lovage), from Λῐγῠστῐκός (Ligustikós, Ligurian). Compare Hungarian lestyán.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lʲo̟ʃˈtʲa̟n]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation(key): лю‧щян

Noun

лющя́н • (ljuštján) m (uncountable, dialectal)

  1. lovage (Levisticum officinale)
    Synonym: девеси́л (devesíl)
    • 2020 September 17, Диана Иванова [Diana Ivanova], “Отглеждане на девесил в градината [Growing Lovage in the Garden]”, in Kaktus.bg, archived from the original on 2023-03-29:
      Девесилът (Levisticum officinale) е растение от семейство Сенникоцветни, известен още с народните имена лющян, селим, селем и др.
      Devesilǎt (Levisticum officinale) e rastenie ot semejstvo Sennikocvetni, izvesten ošte s narodnite imena ljuštjan, selim, selem i dr.
      Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a plant of the Apiales order, also known by [Bulgarian] traditional names such as ljuštjan, selim, selem and others.

Declension

References

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лущань”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 532
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