Nanai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tungusic *eri (to breathe), compare Evenki эрин (ərin).

Noun edit

эриэн (erien)

  1. breath

Yakut edit

Etymology edit

From Mongolic.

Adjective edit

эриэн (erien)

  1. variegated
    Synonym: ала (ala, piebald)
    эриэн ынахerien ınaqmottled cow
  2. (by extension) changeable, fickle (mood, weather)

Derived terms edit