паро

See also: Appendix:Variations of "paro"

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *parə, from Proto-Finno-Permic *para. Cognates include Finnish parempi (“better”), paras (“the best”), Kildin Sami пӯррь (pūrr’) and Udmurt бур (bur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paro/
• Rhymes: -aro
• Hyphenation: па‧ро

Adjective

паро • (paro)

1. good, nice, favourable

   Вай, кодамо паро ушось!

   Vaj, kodamo paro ušoś!

   Ah, what a nice weather!

   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[1], page 158:

     Максодо, тынстеҥк-как максозь ули: паро оҥгснэ, сорновтнезь, матразь, да пряс пештязь каясызь потмозоҥк.

     Maksodo, tińśťeŋk-kak maksoź uľi: paro oŋgsne, sornovťńeź, matraź, da pŕas pešťaź kajasiź potmozoŋk.

     Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.

Noun

паро • (paro)

1. good
   • 1910, Makar Evsevievich Evseviev, Gospoda nashego Iisusa Hrista Svjatoe Evangelie ot Matfeja, Marka, Luki i Ioanna na mordovskom jazyke‎^[2], page 157:

     А тынеҥк мерян, кулсоницятне: вечкеде душманоҥк эснэ; паро тееде анеицяҥк туртов.

     A tińeŋk meŕan, kulsońićaťńe: večkeďe dušmanoŋk esne; paro ťejeďe ańejićaŋk turtov.

     “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “паро”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Entry #1465 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[3], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.