Proper noun

Singular Erzya

Plural countable and uncountable; Erzyas

Erzya (countable and uncountable; plural Erzyas)

1. A Finno-Ugric language spoken primarily in the Volga region of Russia, but is also spoken in Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.
2. A Mordvin person speaking Erzya or of such ancestry.
3. A surname.

Synonyms

• (Mordvin person): Erzyan

Erzya could refer to:

• Erzya language, a Uralic language spoken in Russia.
• Erzya Oblasts, the areas of Russian in which Erzya is spoken.
• Erzya literature, literature written in the Erzya language.
• the Erzya people, a subgroup of the indigenous Mordvins of Russia.
• Stepan Erzia, a Mordvin sculptor who lived in Russia.