Mordvin
[ mawrd-vin ]
/ ˈmɔrd vɪn /
noun
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities in the middle Volga basin, especially between Nizhni Novgorod and Saratov.
the Finnic language of the Mordvin, with two major dialects, sometimes considered distinct languages.
Also
Mord·vin·i·an
[mawrd-vin-ee-uh n] /mɔrdˈvɪn i ən/.
Origin of Mordvin
< Russian
mordvín, derivative of the collective noun
mordvá, of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for mordvin
Mordvin
/ (ˈmɔːdvɪn) /
noun
plural -vin or -vins
a member of a Finnish people of the middle Volga region, living chiefly in the Mordvinian Republic
the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family