Erzyan

English

Etymology

Erzya +‎ -an

Noun

Erzyan (plural Erzyans)

1. A Mordvin person speaking Erzya or of such ancestry.

Synonyms

• Erzya

Translations

language

• Russian: эрзя́нин (ru) m (erzjánin), эрзя́нка f (erzjánka)

References

• An Ethnic History of Russia: Pre-revolutionary Times to the Present by Tatiana Mastyugina and Lev Perepelkin with Vitaly Naumkin and Irina Zviagelskaia, eds.; Greenwood Press, London, 1996; pg. 133.