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зяро

Erzya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *məźarə ~ *meźarə, derived from *meźə (“what, which”) + *arə (“value?”)[2] (compare Finnish arvo (“value”), Hungarian ár (“price”), both of Indo-Iranian origin). Cognate with Moksha мъзяра (məźara), Western Mari мазар (mazar) and Eastern Mari мыняр (myńar).

See also Erzya арсемс (arśems), арво (arvo).

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Pronoun

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зяро • (źaro)

  1. how much, how many
    Synonym: зняро (zńaro)
    • 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 39:
      Meźaro že paro lomań revede? I isťa eŕavi subbotasto tejems paro tevt.
      How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.

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  • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  1. ^ Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “źaro”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
  2. ^ Junttila, S. (2024). Alkuperänselityksiä Mordvan ja Marin paljoudenilmaisimille. Itämeren Kieliapajilta Volgan Verkoille. https://doi.org/10.33341/sus.965.1333
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