Russian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old East Slavic евшанъ (evšanŭ) (attested 1201), from a Turkic language; compare to Ottoman Turkish یاوشان, Turkish yavşan, Turkmen ýowşan.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

евша́н (jevšánm inan (genitive евша́на, nominative plural евша́ны, genitive plural евша́нов)

  1. (dated) mugwort, wormwood
    Synonyms: полы́нь (polýnʹ), (colloquial) емша́н (jemšán)

Declension edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “евшан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress