зяро

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Erzya[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *meźarə, likely derived from *meźə (“what, which”) and *arə (“value”); compare Finnish arvo, Hungarian ár. Cognate with Moksha мъзяра (məźara).

See also Erzya арсемс (arśems).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

зяро • (źaro)

  1. how much, how many
    Synonym: зняро (zńaro)
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 39:
      Meźaro že paro lomań revede? I isťa eŕavi subbotasto tejems paro tevt.
      How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

References[edit]

  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  1. ^ Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “źaro”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
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