эрзя

Erzya

Etymology

There are at least two hypotheses about the origin of the word:

1. The first element эр- (er-) or эрь- (eŕ-) is from Proto-Uralic *irkä or *ürkä (“man, son, boy”), whence -ar in Hungarian magyar (“Hungarian”), Eastern Mari эрге (erge, “son, boy”) and Finnish yrkä (“groom”), yrkö (“man”).

2. The word derived from Proto-Mordvinic *eŕams (“to live”); compare Erzya эряза (eŕaza), Moksha (j)äŕaza (“lively”).[1] However, *eŕams itself may be related to *irkä~*ürkä.

In the both cases -зя (-źa) may be a noun-forming suffix.

Noun

эрзя • (erźa)

  1. Erzya (a member of the ethnic group Erzya-Mordvin, closely related to the Moksha or Moksha-Mordvin).
  2. Erzya language (a Finno-Ugrian language).

Declension
Indefinite declension of эрзя (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
singular plural
nominative эрзя (erźa) эрзят (erźat)
genitive эрзянь (erźań) —
dative эрзянень (erźańeń) —
ablative эрзядо (erźado) —
inessive эрзясо (erźaso) —
elative эрзясто (erźasto) —
illative эрзяс (erźas) —
prolative эрзява (erźava) —
translative эрзякс (erźaks) —
comparative эрзяшка (erźaška) —
abessive эрзявтомо (erźavtomo) —

Synonyms
  • эрзянь кель (erźań keľ) (Erzya language)
  • эрзя ломань (erźa lomań) (Erzya person)

References
  1. Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎, Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
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