Mordvin

American  

[mawrd-vin] / ˈmɔrd vɪn /

Also Mordvinian

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.

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Mordvin British  

/ ˈmɔːdvɪn /

noun

1. 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

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Etymology

Origin of Mordvin

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

Example Sentences

Marriages of brothers and sisters appear to have been allowed formerly amongst the Mordvin, in central Russia.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

A Mordvin bride must try to escape from the wagon on the way to the church.

From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus