pelin

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɛ.lin]

pelin

1. inflection of pelar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

pelin

1. genitive/accusative singular of peli

• lepin

Ultimately from Slavic. Direct source likely Bulgarian пелин (pelin), probably via Romanian pelin.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlin/

pelin (definite accusative pelini, plural pelinnär)

1. wormwood, Artemisia absinthium, an intensely bitter herb
   • 2022 March 18, “Bu yıl cenktän dä taa çirkin, kömürdän dä taa kara, pelindän dä taa acı”, in Ana Sözü‎^[1]:

     Bu yıl cenktän dä taa çirkin, kömürdän dä taa kara, pelindän dä taa acı

     This year is even uglier than war, even darker than coal, even more bitter than wormwood

   • 2008, Eni Baalantı, Apokalipsis 8‎^[2]:

     Üçüncü angil trubayı baarttı, da göktän bir büük yıldız, ani yanardı, nicä bir şafk, düştü akar suların üçüncü payı üstünä hem su sızıntıları üstünä.¹¹ Yıldızın adı "Pelin". Suların üçüncü payı acı oldu pelin gibi, da çok insan öldü, zerä sular pek acı olmuştu.

     And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; ¹¹ And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became bitter like wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

• Çebotar, Petri, Dron, Ion (2002) “pelin”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 516
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “пелин”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 366

Borrowed from Bulgarian пелин (pelin), from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ. Compare Serbo-Croatian pelin, Polish piołun.

• IPA^(key): /peˈlin/

pelin n (uncountable)

1. wormwood

• împelina
• pelinaș m
• pelinat

• “pelin”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• pelen

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ.

• IPA^(key): /pělin/

pèlin m inan (Cyrillic spelling пѐлин, genitive plural pȅlīnā)

1. artemisia (Artemisia gen. et spp.), especially
   1. grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)

• pelinkovac

• “pelin”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish پِلین (pelin), from a Slavic language, perhaps Serbo-Croatian pelin or Bulgarian пелин (pelin), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pelynъ, compare Polish piołun.

• IPA^(key): [peˈlin]
• Hyphenation: pe‧lin

pelin (definite accusative pelini, plural pelinler)

1. wormwood; Artemisia absinthium

• “pelin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “pelin”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pelin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük