лющян

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

Borrowed from Romanian leuștean, from Late Latin levisticum, from Latin ligusticum, from Ancient Greek λῐγῠστῐκόν (lĭgŭstĭkón, “bastard lovage”), from Λῐγῠστῐκός (Lĭgŭstĭkós, “Ligurian”). Compare Hungarian lestyán.

• IPA^(key): [lʲo̟ʃˈtʲa̟n]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification^(key): лю‧щян

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^[1], archived from the original on 29 March 2023:

     Девеси́лът (Levisticum officinale) е расте́ние от семе́йство Сенникоцве́тни, изве́стен о́ще с наро́дните имена́ лющя́н, сели́м, селе́м и др.

     Devesílǎt (Levisticum officinale) e rasténie ot seméjstvo Sennikocvétni, izvésten óšte s naródnite imená ljuštján, selím, selém i drúgi.

     Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a plant of the Apiales order, also known by [Bulgarian] traditional names such as ljuštjan, selim, selem and others.

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