эрзя

Etymology
There are at least two hypotheses about the origin of the word:

1. The first element or  is from  or, whence  in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬,.

2. The word derived from ; compare, 🇨🇬. However, itself may be related to ~.

In the both cases may be a noun-forming suffix.

Noun

 * 1) Erzya (a member of the ethnic group Erzya-Mordvin, closely related to the Moksha or Moksha-Mordvin).
 * 2) Erzya language (a Finno-Ugrian language).

Synonyms

 * (Erzya language)
 * (Erzya person)