инь

See also: инъ

Moksha

Etymology

According to SKES, related to Moksha ине (ińe, “great”), which is from Proto-Uralic *enä (“large, big”) and cognate with Finnish enin (“the biggest”), Estonian enam (“more”), Livonian jennõ (“a lot”)).

Alternatively, borrowed from a Turkic language, compare Tatar ин (in).^[1] Veršinin notes resemblance with Eastern Mari эн (en, “id.”) usually considered a Turkic borrowing.^[2]

Pronunciation

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Preposition

инь • (iń)

used with adjectives to form superlatives
Synonym: сембода (śemboda)

инь сире
iń śiŕe
oldest

References

^ Handbuch Der Orientalistik
^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 88

Russian

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инь и ян

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Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 陰／阴 (yīn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [inʲ]

Noun

инь • (inʹ) f inan or n inan (indeclinable) (usually indeclinable)

yin
Antonym: ян (jan)

Related terms

инь-я́н (inʹ-ján), инь и ян (inʹ i jan)

[1] Handbuch Der Orientalistik

[2] Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков [Etymological dictionary of Mordvinic (Erzya and Moksha) languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 88

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