määrä

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • amount, quantity
  • count, number
  • aim, target, ambition, obligation (more usually in compound words such as määränpää, päämäärä and määräaika)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ме́ра (measure) derived from Old East Slavic мѣра derived from Proto-Slavic *měra.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*měra

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