ӓтя

Western Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Mari [Term?], from Proto-Uralic *attɜ. Alternatively borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *ata. Compare Tatar ата (ata) and Bashkir атай (atay). Cognates include Eastern Mari ача (ača).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæcæ/
• Rhymes: -æcæ
• Hyphenation: ӓ‧тя

Noun

ӓтя • (äta)

1. father

References

• Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “ӓтя”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
• K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 217