варака

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *warᴈ. Cognates include Moksha варси (varśi), Finnish varis, Livonian vaŗīkš, Inari Sami vuorâš, Hungarian varjú. Likely an onomatopoeic word, compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárˀnāˀ.

Noun

варака • (varaka)

  1. crow
    Synonym: варсей (varśej)

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.
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