варака

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Erzya

Варака.

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *warᴈ. Cognates include Moksha варси (vaŕśi), Finnish varis, Livonian vaŗīkš, Inari Sami vuorâš, Hungarian varjú. Ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

варака (varaka)

  1. crow
    Synonym: варсей (vaŕśej)

Declension

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References

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “варака”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Entry #1120 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.