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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic евшанъ (evšanŭ) (attested 1201), from a Turkic language; compare to Ottoman Turkish یاوشان, Turkish yavşan, Turkmen ýowşan.
Pronunciation
Noun
евша́н • (jevšán) m inan (genitive евша́на, nominative plural евша́ны, genitive plural евша́нов)
- (dated) mugwort, wormwood
- Synonyms: полы́нь (polýnʹ), (colloquial) емша́н (jemšán)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “евшан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress