мокша

Moksha

Etymology

From Russian Мокша (Mokša, Moksha River).[1] The name of the river is speculated to derive from a language of Baltic extraction.[2] First attested use in early 12th century, William of Rubruck mentions Moksha as (Russian translation) Моксель (Mokselʹ).[3]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /mokʃɑ/

Noun

мокша • (mokša)

  1. Moksha (a person of Moksha ethnicity)
    • O. Je. Poljakov (1995) Učimsja govoritʹ po-mokšanski [Let's learn to speak Moksha], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN
      Коса тячи аньцек аф эряйхть мокшетне и эрзятне (..)
      Kosa ťači ańćek af eŕajhť mokšetńe i erźatńe (..)
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Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Veršinin, V. I. (2005) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Joškar Ola, page 257
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    Pospelov, Yevgeny (1998) “Мокша”, in Ageeva, Ruf, editor, Географические названия мира. Топологический словарь [Geographic Names of the World. Toponymic Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: ACT, Астрель, →ISBN
  3. O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 3
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