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Murza

MÙRZA

Etymology

Perhaps nicknames surn., connected with lit. mùrza, mùrzė, mur̃zė „burna, veidas“, with lit. in Slavic mùrza „kas murzinas, išsitepęs, nesiprausęs; nevaleika, apskretėlis“, mùrzas „nešvarus, apsileidęs“ (LKŽ VIII 433). But it can be pvd itself. borrowed, cf. BRuss., Rus. Муpза ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Murzienė / Murzaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈmʊrzɐ/

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, c. 289.