Mordvin — /mawrd vin/, n. 1. a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities in the middle Volga basin, esp. between Nizhni Novgorod and Saratov. 2. the Finnic language of the Mordvin, with two major dialects, sometimes considered distinct… … Universalium
Mordvin — /ˈmɔdvən/ (say mawdvuhn) noun 1. the Finnish people of the middle Volga region of Russia, chiefly inhabiting Mordvinia. 2. (plural Mordvins or Mordvin) a member of this people. 3. the language of this people. –adjective 4. of or relating to this… …
Mordvin — [ mɔ:dvɪn] noun (plural same, Mordvins, or Mordva) 1》 a member of a people of Finnic descent inhabiting Mordvinia in European Russia. 2》 the Finno Ugric language of the Mordvin … English new terms dictionary
Mordvin — 1. adjective From, or pertaining to, Mordovia (Mordvinia) or their people or culture Syn: Mordovian, Mordvinian 2. noun a) A branch of the Finno Ugric … Wiktionary
language — Synonyms and related words: Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Afro Asiatic, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Anatolic, Andaman, Annamese, Anzanite, Apache, Arabic, Aramaic, Araucanian, Arawak,… … Moby Thesaurus
Mordvin — n. one who belongs to the people who speak a Finno Ugric language (found primarily in Mordvinia, Russia) n. language of the Uralic family … English contemporary dictionary
Mordvin — noun 1. a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia • Syn: ↑Mordva, ↑Mordvinian • Hypernyms: ↑Russian • Member Holonyms: ↑Soviet Russia, ↑Russia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Moksha language — Moksha Мокшень кяль / mokšenj kälj Spoken in Russia and as a minority language also in Armenia, Australia and the United States Region European Russia Ethnicity … Wikipedia
Mari language — formerly Cheremis, member of the Finno Ugric division of the Uralic language family, spoken primarily in the Mari El republic, Russia. The three major dialects of Mari are the Meadow dialect, spoken in Mari El and north of the Volga… … Universalium
Uralic languages — Family of more than 30 languages spoken by some 25 million people in central and northern Eurasia. A primary division is between the Finno Ugric languages, which account for most of the languages and speakers, and the Samoyedic languages. The… … Universalium
