Standard Lemma guide

Erzya

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in the Volga region of Russia, but is also spoken in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A Mordvin person speaking Erzya or of such ancestry.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Erzya эрзя (erźa).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Cherokee: ᎡᏏᏯ (esiya) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 埃爾齊亞語 /埃尔齐亚语 (Āiěrqíyǎ yǔ) — language
  • Chuvash: ирҫӗ чӗлхи (irś̬ĕ č̬ĕlh̬i) — language
  • Dutch: Erzja — language
  • Erzya: эрзя (erźa) — language
  • Erzya: эрзянь кель (erźań keľ) — language
  • Estonian: ersa keel — language
  • Finnish: ersä — language
  • German: Ersja — language
  • Hungarian: erza — language
  • Italian: erzya — language
  • Japanese: エルジャ語 (Eruja go) — language
  • Polish: język erzja — language
  • Russian: эрзя́нский язы́к (erzjánskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: эрзя́нский (erzjánskij) — language
  • Spanish: erzya — language
  • Swedish: erzya — language
  • Zazaki: Erzyanki (diq) — language
  • Bashkir: эрзә (erzə) — person
  • Chuvash: ирҫӗ (irś̬ĕ) — person
  • Dutch: Erzja — person
  • Erzya: эрзя (erźa) — person
  • Erzya: эрзя ломань (erźa lomań) — person
  • Estonian: ersalane — person
  • Finnish: ersäläinen — person
  • Hungarian: erza — person
  • Moksha: эрзя (erzä) — person
  • Polish: Erzjanin — person
  • Polish: Erzjanka — person
  • Russian: эрзя́нин (erzjánin) — person
  • Russian: эрзя́нка (erzjánka) — person
  • Tatar: эрзә (erzä) — person