Associations to the word «Mordvin»

Wiktionary

MORDVIN, adjective. From, or pertaining to, Mordovia (Mordvinia) or their people or culture
MORDVIN, proper noun. A branch of the Finno-Ugric language group.
MORDVIN, proper noun. Any of the people who speak this language.

Dictionary definition

MORDVIN, noun. A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia.
MORDVIN, noun. The Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats