Mordvin

[ mawrd-vin ]

noun

1. a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities in the middle Volga basin, especially between Nizhni Novgorod and Saratov.
2. the Finnic language of the Mordvin, with two major dialects, sometimes considered distinct languages.

Mordvin

/ ˈmɔːdvɪn /

noun

1. -vin-vins a member of a Finnish people of the middle Volga region, living chiefly in the Mordvinian Republic
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mordvin¹

< Russian mordvín, derivative of the collective noun mordvá, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

This may be classed with sacrifices or with divination according to our idea of the workings of the primitive Mordvin mind.

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