сянка

Generalized diminutive of obsolete сян (sjan) +‎ -ка (-ka), from Proto-Slavic *sěnь (“shade”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲa̟ŋkɐ]

ся́нка • (sjánka) f (relational adjective се́нчест)

1. shadow, umbra
2. shade, shady place

   дебе́ла ся́нка ― debéla sjánka ― entirely enshadowed place (literally, “thick shadow”)

   прохла́дна ся́нка ― prohládna sjánka ― cool, shady place (literally, “cool shadow”)

3. (dermatological condition) dark spot, blemish, bruise

   очна сянка ― očna sjanka ― periorbital dark circle

4. (figurative) trace, vestige, inkling

   ся́нка на съмне́ние ― sjánka na sǎmnénie ― shadow of a doubt

5. (mythology) apparition, phantom, shade, ghost, spectre

• се́нка (sénka) — dialectal

• “сянка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сянка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “сѣ́нка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 310