Erzya edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *azərə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *asȣrɜ (lord, ruler), ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuras. Compare Sanskrit असुर (asura) and Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura). Cognates include Udmurt узыр (uzyr) and Komi-Zyrian озыр (ozyr).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /azor/
  • Rhymes: -azor
  • Hyphenation: а‧зор

Noun edit

азор (azor)

  1. master, owner
  2. (neologism) Mister (form of address)
    Synonym: чиряз (čiŕaz)

Declension edit

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #29 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[1], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 35