акша

See also: ақша

Moksha

Cognate with Erzya ашо (ašo); SKES 45a tentatively suggests a possible link with Finnish ahka, hahkea, haahkea [sic haahka], Estonian ahka (“eider”) [sic hahk], ahk (“gray”), Eastern Mari ошо, ошы (ošo, ošy), Southern Khanty аш (aš, “white clay, chalk”); UEW 3^[1] suggests Proto-Uralic *ačka (“white”); Veršinin considers linking with Tatar ак (aq, “white”) impossible.^[2]

IPA^(key): /ɑkʃɑ/

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акша • (akša)

Perhaps from a Turkic language, compare Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, “money”).

акша • (akša)

ruble (the currency of Russian Federation)
- V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
  рубль — акша, цалковай, рубль
  rubľ — akša , calkovaj, rubľ
  ruble [in Russian] — ruble, ruble, ruble

Indefinite declension of акша

Definite declension of акша

^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
^ Veršinin, V. I. (2004) Этимологический словарь мордовских (эрзянского и мокшанского) языков (in Russian), volume 1, Joškar Ola, page 11

Cognate with Bashkir аҡса (aqsa, “money”), Kazakh ақша (aqşa, “money”), Turkish akçe (“coin”).

акша • (akşa) (definite accusative акшаны, plural акшалар)