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арсемс

Pronunciation: /arʲsʲems/

“арсемс” is an Erzya word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to think, consider
  2. to suppose
  3. to wish
  4. to dream

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *arśəms, possibly derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *arwa (“price, value”). Compare Finnish arvo (“value”), arvata (“to guess”), Estonian aru (“reason”), arvama (“to believe, assume, think”), Hungarian ár (“price”). Ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hargʰás (“price, worth, value”), whence Sanskrit अर्घ (argha, “worth, value”).

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