Editing Moksha language (section)

== History ==

=== Cherapkin's Inscription ===
{{Main|Mordovka}}
There is very little historical evidence of the use of Moksha from the distant past. One notable exception are inscriptions on so-called [[mordovka]] silver coins issued under [[Golden Horde]] rulers around the 14th century. The evidence of usage of the language (written with the Cyrillic script) comes from the 16th century.<ref>Зайковский Б. В. «К вопросу о мордовках» Труды Нижне-Волжского областного научного общества краеведения. Вып. 36, часть 1. Саратов, 1929 г</ref><ref>Вячеслав Юрьевич Заварюхин. Памятники нумизматики и бонистики в региональном историко-культурном процессе, автореферат диссертации, 2006</ref>

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[[File:Mordovka (cropped).jpg|thumb|Zaikovskiy's picture of the mordovka type A]]

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|МОЛИ АНСИ ОКАНП ЄЛКИ |c1={{small|(Inscription, Old Moksha)}}
|moli ansi okan pelki |c2={{small|(Transcription)}}
|Моли аньцек окань пяли |c3={{small|(Interpretation, Moksha)}}
|Goes only for half gold}}

===Indo-Iranian Influence===
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! colspan="4" style="background:#99ccff"| Indo-Iranian forms
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! colspan="4" style="background:#99ccff"| D–V
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! style="background:#dbdbdb;" | Indo-Iranian form
! style="background:#dbdbdb;" | Declining stem
! style="background:#dbdbdb;" | Meaning
! style="background:#dbdbdb;" | Moksha derivatives
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| [[wikt:داس|داس]] || Persian: dâs|| "sickle" || тарваз {{IPA|/'tɑrvɑs/}} "sickle"<ref>{{harvnb|Vershinin|2009|p=431}}</ref>
|-
| 𐬠𐬀𐬖𐬀 || Avestan:  baγa || "God" || паваз {{IPA|/'pɑvɑs/}} "God"<ref name="Vershinin 2005 307">{{harvnb|Vershinin|2005|p=307}}</ref>
|-
| [[wikt:ऊधर्|ऊधर्]] || Sanskrit: ū́dhar  || "udder" || одар {{IPA|/'odɑr/}} "udder"<ref name="Vershinin 2005 307"/>
|-
| [[wikt:वज्र|वज्र]] || Sanskrit: vajra || "God's weapon" || узерь {{IPA|/'uzʲərʲ/}} "axe"<ref>{{harvnb|Vershinin|2005}}</ref>
|- 
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