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The first to write about the anthropological characteristics of Moksha and Erzya was the German encyclopedist, naturalist and traveler in the Russian service Peter Simon Pallas (1773), according to whose observations there were fewer light-blond and red-haired Mokshas than Erzyans, however, the latter also had dark blond hair. [31]
Moksha (мокшень кяль, mokšəń käĺ, pronounced ['mɔkʃənʲ kælʲ]) is a Mordvinic language of the Uralic family, spoken by Mokshas, with around 130,000 native speakers in 2010. Moksha is the majority language in the western part of Mordovia. [5] Its closest relative is the Erzya language, with which it is not mutually intelligible.
In modern practice he is called Russian name Iosif Cherapkin, where Iosif is the Russian form of the formal Joseph and Cherapkin is possessive form from Moksha name Cherapa. The Russian feminine version is usually the genitive of the family name of the woman's father or husband; so, for example, Mr. Shukshin and Mrs. Shukshina. [6]
Moksha is the majority language in the western part of Mordovia. Due to differences in phonology, lexicon, and grammar, Erzya and Moksha are not mutually intelligible, to the extent that the Russian language is often used for intergroup communications. The two Mordvinic languages also have separate literary forms.
Anichkov compared Finnish toponyms such as Moksha, which is a right tributary of the Oka, [42] Ropsha, Shapsha, Kapsha, Kiddeksha with the name of the goddess. Viljo Mansikka [Wikidata], on the other hand, believed that Mokosh was derived from the Finnish demon Moksha. [43] This view has not met with widespread acceptance. [44]
The Meshchera (Russian: мещера, meshchera or мещёра, meshchyora) lived in the territory between the Oka River and the Klyazma River. It was a land of forests, bogs and lakes. The area is still called the Meshchera Lowlands. The first Russian written source which mentions them is the Tolkovaya Paleya, from the 13th century. They are ...
Moksha (Russian: Мо́кша, Moksha: Йов) is a river in central Russia, a right tributary of the Oka. It flows through Penza Oblast , Nizhny Novgorod Oblast , Ryazan Oblast and the Republic of Mordovia , and joins the Oka near Pyatnitsky Yar, near the city of Kasimov .
Common Spiritual Culture Vocabulary Of Middle Volga Peoples (in Russian). Nauka. Vershinin, V.I., ed. (2005) [First published 2005]. Etymological Dictionary of Erzya and Moksha languages. Vol.3 (in Russian). Mari Vasilyev Institute For Language, Literature and History Research. Shigurova, Tatiana (2011), "Mordvin Bride's Veil In Wedding Rite.