делян

By surface analysis, деле́я (deléja, “to overcome”) +‎ -ян (-jan).

• IPA^(key): [dɛˈlʲa̟n]

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деля́н • (delján) m (dialectal)

1. alternative form of диля́нка (diljánka, “valerian”)

Has been superseded by its diminutive form диля́нка (diljánka), derived via reduction of unstressed -е- > -и-.

• деля́нка f (deljánka), деле́нче n (delénče) (diminutive)

• “делянка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “делꙗ́нка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 283
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “делен, делян”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 336