ваны

Moksha

Etymology

Morphologically from ваномс (vanoms, “to watch”) +‎ -ы (-i, “[agentive suffix]”).

Verb

ваны • (vani)

1. third-person singular present indicative of ваномс (vanoms)

Noun

ваны • (vani)

1. observer
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     ваны, аралай (наблюдатель)

     vani , aralaj (nabľudaťeľ)

     observer (observer [in Russian])

2. viewer, spectator
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     зритель — ванонды, ваны

     zŕiťeľ — vanondi, vani

     viewr [in Russian] — fortuneteller

3. onlooker
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     надсмотрщик — ваны, ванфты

     nadsmotrščik — vani , vanfti

     onlooker [in Russian] — onlooker

4. shepherd
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     пастух — ваны, постуф

     pastuh — vani , postuf

     shepherd [in Russian] — shepherd

5. guard
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     сторож — ваны

     storož — vani

     guard [in Russian] — guard

Declension

Definite declension of ваны

	singular	plural
nominative	ванысь (vaniś)	ваныхне (vanihńe)
genitive	ваныть (vaniť)	ваныхнень (vanihńeń)
dative	ваныти (vaniťi)	ваныхненди (vanihńenďi)

Derived terms

• вирень ваны (viŕeń vani)
• вирьваны (viŕvani)

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvanɨ]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ва́ны • (vány) m anim pl

1. nominative plural of ван (van)