зярыя

Erzya

Etymology

From earlier *(mə)źarəjak (compare dialectal źarijak (“some”)), derived from *meźarə (“how many”) + *-jak (“-ever”). Cognate with Moksha мъзяровок (məźarovok). See зяро (źaro) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʲaro/

Pronoun

зярыя • (źarija)

1. (indefinite) a few, some

   Synonyms: зярояк (źarojak), знярояк (zńarojak)

References

• V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN