erä

Finnish

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Definitions
  • batch quantity of anything produced at one operation
  • lot separate portion, a number of things taken collectively
  • (accounting)
  • (sports) a subdivision of game time can be a time-limited part of a match between two parties or, where the number of contestants exceeds the capacity of the sports facillity, a qualifying competition between a subset of contestants, the translation into English varies by sport
  • (rare) game, catch
  • (archaic) wilderness, especially one that is good hunting ground.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *erä inherited from *erä (apart) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *er-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-Iranian

*er-

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