# ава
## Eastern Mari
### Etymology

Related to Erzya, Moksha, and Tuvan ава (ava).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑˈvɑ/
* Rhymes: -ɑ
* Hyphenation: ава

### Noun

ава • (ava)
* mother
* mother-in-law (husband's mother)
* (agriculture) female
    ава киярava kijarseed cucumber (literally, “female cucumber”)
* (mythology) spirit, ghost
* (computing) parent

#### Derived terms

* ававун (avavun)
* авагашта (avagašta)
* аварок (avarok)

### References

* J. Bradley et al. (2023) “ава”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

## Erzya
### Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *ava. See Moksha ава (ava) for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑvɑ/
* Rhymes: -ɑ
* Hyphenation: а‧ва

### Noun

ава • (ava)
* woman
    Synonym: (young) тейтерява (tejteŕava)
    велень ава ― veleń ava ― a country woman
* mother
    Авам лезды тень кудонь тевтнесэ.Avam lezdï teń kudoń tevtnesë.My mother helps me with housework.
** 1865, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Das Evangelium des Matthäus ersamordwinisch, page 4:I sovamsto kudos neize eikakšośt sońze avanzo Marijań marto.On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary.

#### Derived terms

* adverbs: авакс (avaks)
* nouns: ававт (avavt), авне (avne), авине (avine), авака (avaka), ававтомо (avavtomo), авакай (avakaj), аваксчи (avaksči), авакш (avakš)

#### Compounds

* nouns: азорава (azorava), аварозь (avaroź), инязорава (ińazorava), аваловсо (avalovso)

### References

* B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “ава”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish هوا (hava), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈava]
* Rhymes: -ava

### Noun

ава • (ava) f (uncountable)
* (colloquial) air
    Synonym: воздух (vozduh)
* (colloquial) climate, atmospheric condition
    Synonyms: поднебје (podnebje), клима (klima)

#### Declension
### References

* “ава” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
* Belčev, Tole (2016) “ава”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 14

## Moksha
### Etymology

According to Feoktistov, from a Turkic language. Veršinin considers suggestions of borrowing completely baseless, he is convinced that the term is of child language origin (its original meaning being "mother"), according to him, the following are of a similar origin: Eastern Mari ава (ava), Western Mari ӓвӓ (ävä), cf. dialectal Eastern Mari аппа! (appa!, “[an exclamation for a baby to smile]”), Tundra Nenets [script needed] (āppa, “mother [child language]”). Parallel developments in unrelated languages: Northern Selkup ама (ama, “mother”), Basque ama (“id.”), Nivkh ымык (əmək, “id.”), Koryak [script needed] (-aw'-) in [script needed] (ŋaw'gyjnik, “female [animal]”).

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɑvɑ/
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### Noun

ава • (ava)
* lady
** V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
    дама — аваdama — avalady [in Russian] — lady
* (zoology) female
** V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
    самка — аваsamka — avafemale [in Russian] — female
* woman
** V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
    женщина — аваženščina — avawoman [in Russian] — woman
* wife
** Oahpa, University of Tromsø
    vaimo — аваvaimo — avawife [in Finnish] — wife
* mom
** V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
    мама — ава/авайmama — ava /avajmom [in Russian] — mom

#### Synonyms

* (mother): тядя (tädä)

#### Derived terms

* авань (avań)
* авафтома (avaftoma)
* мокшава (mokšava)
* рузава (ruzava)

### References

* ↑ A. P. Feoktistov (1993), Jazïki mira: Uraľskije jazïki (MOKŠANSKIJ JAZÏK) [Languages of the world: Uralic languages (Moksha language)], Moscow, pages 178—189
* ↑ 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 5

## Northern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Cognate to dialectal Turkish aba (“mother, elder sister”).

### Noun

ава • (ava)
* father

### References

N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ава”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

## Russian
### Etymology

Clipping of авата́р (avatár, “avatar”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈavə]
* IPA: [ɐˈva] (rare)

### Noun

а́ва • (áva) f inan (genitive а́вы, nominative plural а́вы, genitive plural ав, diminutive а́вка)
* (Internet slang) avatar, profile pic, user pic
    Synonyms: авата́р (avatár), авата́рка (avatárka), юзерпи́к (juzerpík)

#### Declension
## Tuvan
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *apa (“mother, elder sister, aunt”). Cognate to dialectal Turkish aba (“mother, elder sister”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈβa/

### Noun

ава • (ava) (definite accusative аваны, plural авалар)
* mother

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From English avatar, in turn derived from Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaʋɐ]

### Noun

а́ва • (áva) f inan (genitive а́ви, nominative plural а́ви, genitive plural ав)
* (Internet slang) Clipping of авата́р (avatár, “avatar”).; especially an Internet user's icon.