Moksha

See also: moksha

English

Etymology

From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”).

Proper noun

Moksha

1. A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family, spoken by about 428,000 people in the western and southern parts of Mordovia, a dependent republic within Russia, and the adjacent regions of Tambov, Penza, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Tatarstan, Buguruslan and Bashkortostan.

Translations

language

• Basque: mokxa
• Belarusian: макша́нская f (makšánskaja) (мо́ва)
• Breton: moksha (br) m
• Bulgarian: мъкша́нски m (mǎkšánski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莫克沙語／莫克沙语 (zh) (Mòkèshāyǔ)

• Chuvash: мăкшă чĕлхи (măkšă čĕlh̬i)
• Dutch: Moksha (nl) n
• Eastern Mari: мокша (mokša)
• Erzya: мокшонь (mokšoń)
• Estonian: mokša (et)
• Finnish: mokša (fi)
• French: mokcha (fr) m
• German: Mokscha (de)
• Hungarian: moksa (hu)
• Italian: moksha (it), moxel (it)
• Japanese: モクシャ語 (ja) (Mokusha-go)
• Kannada: ಮೊಕ್ಷ (mokṣa)
• Komi-Zyrian: мокша (mokša)
• Macedonian: мо́кшански (mókšanski)
• Malayalam: മൊക്ഷ (mokṣa)
• Marathi: मोक्शा (mokśā)
• Moksha: мокшень (mokšeń)
• Northern Khanty: ^{(please verify)} мокша (mokša)
• Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} мокша (mokša)
• Portuguese: moksha (pt) m
• Russian: мокша́нский (ru) m (mokšánskij) (язы́к)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мокшански

  Roman: mokšanski

• Spanish: moksha (es), moxel
• Swedish: moksja (sv)
• Tatar: мухши (muxşi)
• Telugu: మొక్ష (mokṣa)
• Turkish: Mokşanca
• Udmurt: мокша (mokša)
• Ukrainian: мокша́нська (uk) f (mokšánsʹka) (мо́ва)

Noun

Moksha (plural Mokshas)

1. A member of the people who speak this language.

Translations

a member of the people who speak this language

• Chuvash: мăкшă (măkšă)
• Hungarian: moksa (hu)
• Marathi: मोक्शा (mokśā)
• Russian: мокшанин (ru) m (mokšanin), мокшанка (ru) f (mokšanka)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Moksha, mdf ⁠