азор

Erzya

Alternative forms

• (archaic) азоро (azoro)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

азор • (azor)

1. master, owner
   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 194:

     Тердинзе азоронзо должникнень, эрь вейкень башка да мерьсь васеньцестень: тонть зняро монь азоростень пандумат?

     Ťerďinźe azoronzo dolžńikńeń, eŕ vejkeń baška da meŕś vaśeńćesťeń: tonť zńaro moń azorosťeń pandumat?

     “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’”

2. (neologism) Mister (form of address)

   Synonym: чиряз (čiŕaz)

Declension

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Derived terms

• nouns: азорава
• verbs: азоркстамс
• adverb: азоркс
• compounds: венчазор, инязор, калмазор, каназор, кудазор, одазор, олязор, ошазор

References

• 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^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 35