шерже

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *šerši, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šeršnas, *šar- (whence Lithuanian šer̃kšnas (“ripe; frost”), šir̃vas (“(blue)grey, mouldy”), Latvian sirms (“grey hair”)). Akin to Moksha шаржа (šarža).

Compare also Proto-Finnic *harmaga (“grey”) (from earlier *šarma), borrowed from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃerʒe/

Noun

шерже • (šerže)

1. hoar, gray hair

   Сакалосо ламо шерже.

   Sakaloso lamo šerže .

   There is a lot of gray in the beard.

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “шерже”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN