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Permian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɜːmɪən/ (UK)
• /ˈpɝmɪən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to the Perm region of Russia, or its inhabitants.
2. Pertaining to their language; Permic.
3. Pertaining to the last geologic period of the Paleozoic era; comprising the Cisuralian, Guadalupian and Lopingian epochs from about 280 to 248 million years ago.
   • ‘In many ways modern art was a culture of the beach. They say it's the light, the special quality of quartz in the Permian rock.’ 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 103:

Forms

Translations (14)

ca pèrmic (pertaining to the Permian period) · ca permià (pertaining to the Permian period) · fi permikautinen (pertaining to the Permian period) · ru пермский (pertaining to the Perm region and its inhabitants) · ru пермский (pertaining to the Permian period) · pt permiano (pertaining to the Permian period) · fi permiläinen (pertaining to the Permic languages) · de permisch (pertaining to the Permian period) · pl permski (pertaining to the Permian period) · fi permiläinen (pertaining to the Perm region and its inhabitants) · hu permi (pertaining to the Permian period) · ru пермский (pertaining to the Permic languages) · pl permski (pertaining to the Permic languages) · pl permski (pertaining to the Perm region and its inhabitants)

Permian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɜːmɪən/ (UK)
• /ˈpɝmɪən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.

Meanings

1. An inhabitant of the Russian region of Perm; specifically, one belonging to a branch of the Finno-Ugric peoples, including Komis and Udmurts, who speak Permic languages.

Forms

Synonyms

Bjarmian

Translations (3)

pl Permka (person) · pl Perm (person) · fi permiläinen (person)

Permian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɜːmɪən/ (UK)
• /ˈpɝmɪən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Perm Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Permian From Perm + -ian.

Meanings

1. The Permian period.
2. The language of these people; Permic.

Forms

Relateds

Perm

Translations (20)

ja ペルム紀 (Permian period) · cs perm (Permian period) · cmn 二迭紀 /二迭纪 (Permian period) · fr Permien (Permian period) · cmn 二疊紀 /二叠纪 (Permian period) · tr Permiyen Dönemi (Permian period) · de Perm (Permian period) · hu perm (Permian period) · mn Пермийн галав (Permian period) · vi kỉ Péc-mi (Permian period) · fi permikausi (Permian period) · ru пермь (Permian period) · et perm (Permian period) · pl perm (Permian period) · ru пе́рмский пери́од (Permian period) · es Pérmico (Permian period) · el Πέρμια (Permian period) · mn ᠫᠧᠷᠮᠢ ᠭᠠᠯᠪᠠ (Permian period) · pt Permiano (Permian period) · no perm (Permian period)