Erzya

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mordvinic *azərə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *asȣrɜ (lord, ruler), whence also Udmurt узыр (uzyr) and Komi-Zyrian озыр (ozyr). Ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuras; compare Sanskrit असुर (asura) and Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, lord).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /azor/
  • Rhymes: -azor
  • Hyphenation: а‧зор

Noun

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азор (azor)

  1. master, owner
    • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke[1], page 194:
      Тердинзе азоронзо должникнень, эрь вейкень башка да мерьсь васеньцестень: тонть зняро монь азоростень пандумат?
      Ťeŕďińźe azoronzo dolžńikńeń, eŕ vejkeń baška da meŕś vaśeńćeśťeń: tońť źńaro moń azorośťeń pandumat?
      “So he called in each one of his master’s debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’”
  2. (neologism) Mister (form of address)
    Synonym: чиряз (čiŕaz)

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Derived terms

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References

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  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #29 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26., page 35
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