Erzya

See also: erzya

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Erzya эрзя (erźa).

Proper noun

Erzya (countable and uncountable, plural Erzyas)

1. A Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in the Volga region of Russia, but is also spoken in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
2. A surname.

Translations

language

• Cherokee: ᎡᏏᏯ (esiya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃爾齊亞語 / 埃尔齐亚语 (zh) (Āiěrqíyǎ yǔ)

• Chuvash: ирҫе чӗлхи (irś̬e č̬ĕlh̬i), ирҫелле (irś̬elle)
• Dutch: Erzja (nl)
• Erzya: эрзя (erźa), эрзянь кель (erźań keľ)
• Estonian: ersa keel
• Finnish: ersä (fi)
• German: Ersja (de)
• Hungarian: erza (hu)
• Italian: erzya m
• Japanese: エルジャ語 (ja) (エルジャご, Eruja go)
• Polish: język erzja m
• Russian: эрзя́нский язы́к (ru) m (erzjánskij jazýk), эрзя́нский (ru) m (erzjánskij)
• Spanish: erzya (es)
• Swedish: erzya (sv)
• Zazaki: Erzyanki (diq) m

Noun

Erzya (plural Erzyas)

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

Synonyms

• (Mordvin person): Erzyan

Translations

person

• Bashkir: эрзә (erzä)
• Chuvash: ирҫе (irś̬e)
• Dutch: Erzja (nl)
• Erzya: эрзя (erźa), эрзя ломань (erźa lomań)
• Estonian: ersalane
• Finnish: ersäläinen
• Hungarian: erza (hu)
• Moksha: эрзя (erzä)
• Polish: Erzjanin m, Erzjanka f
• Russian: эрзя́нин (ru) m (erzjánin), эрзя́нка f (erzjánka)
• Tatar: эрзә (erzä)

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Erzya terms
• Ethnologue entry for Erzya, myv ⁠