тимьян

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic темьанъ (temĭanŭ), from Old Church Slavonic темьꙗнъ (temĭjanŭ), from Ancient Greek θῡμίαμα (thūmíama, incense for smoking), from θῡμιάω (thūmiáō, to burn incense, to burn, to smoke (something)), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke) (cognate with Russian дым (dym, smoke), Lithuanian dū́mas (smoke), Latin fūmus (smoke)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (to smoke). Doublet of фимиа́м (fimiám)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲɪˈm⁽ʲ⁾jan]

Noun

тимья́н • (timʹjánm inan (genitive тимья́на, nominative plural тимья́ны, genitive plural тимья́нов, diminutive тимья́нчик)

  1. thyme
    Synonym: чабре́ц (čabréc)

Declension

Descendants

  • Yiddish: טימיאַן (timyan)

Further reading

  • тимьян in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru