зяро
Erzya
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Mordvinic *meźarə, likely derived from *meźə (“what, which”) and *arə (“value”); compare Finnish arvo, Hungarian ár. Cognate with Moksha мъзяра (məźara).
See also Erzya арсемс (arśems).
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editзяро • (źaro)
- 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.
References
edit- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN