Erdély

Hungarian

Etymology

From erdő (“forest”) + Old Hungarian elü, elv (“a region beyond something”),[1] literally “the region beyond the forest”.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrdeːj]
  • Hyphenation: Er‧dély
  • Rhymes: -eːj

Proper noun

Erdély

  1. Transylvania

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Erdély —
accusative Erdélyt —
dative Erdélynek —
instrumental Erdéllyel —
causal-final Erdélyért —
translative Erdéllyé —
terminative Erdélyig —
essive-formal Erdélyként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Erdélyben —
superessive Erdélyen —
adessive Erdélynél —
illative Erdélybe —
sublative Erdélyre —
allative Erdélyhez —
elative Erdélyből —
delative Erdélyről —
ablative Erdélytől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Erdélyé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Erdélyéi —
Possessive forms of Erdély
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Erdélyem —
2nd person sing. Erdélyed —
3rd person sing. Erdélye —
1st person plural Erdélyünk —
2nd person plural Erdélyetek —
3rd person plural Erdélyük —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: اردل (erdel)
    • Turkish: Erdel
  • → Romanian: Ardeal
    • → Armenian: Առտիալ (Aṙtial), Առդեալ (Aṙdeal)

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian words with ly

References

  1. Entry #1729 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. https://e-nyelv.hu/2016-08-10/erdely/
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