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Udmurt, n.|ˈʊdmʊət|
[a. Russ. Udmurt, a. Udmurt Ud murt (self-designation), f. Ud the region of Vyatsk + murt man; cf. Votyak n. (a.).]
a. (A member of) a Finno-Ugrian people inhabiting the Ural mountain region of the Udmurt Autonomous Republic in Russia.
Udmurt superseded Votyak as the official name of the Republic in 1932.
[1910Encycl. Brit. X. 389/1 The Votiaks are a tribe of about a quarter of a million persons... They call themselves Ud-murt or Urt-murt.] 1961S. V. Utechin Everyman's Conc. Encycl. Russia 570 Udmurts (formerly known as Votyaks), Finnish-speaking people who live in the Udmurt Autonomous Republic and neighbouring areas, numbering (1959) 623,000. 1982A. Brown Cambr. Encycl. Russia & Soviet Union 70/2 Three others (Mordva, Udmurt, Mari) who, although not normally considered northern, round out the Finno-Ugrian peoples. 1985J. L. Wieczynski Mod. Encycl. Russ. & Soviet Hist. XL. 145 The Udmurts acquired a written language, based upon Russian, only during the second half of the eighteenth century.
b. = Votyak n. 2.
1951W. K. Matthews Languages U.S.S.R. iii. 24 The Permian branch..comprises two languages, Zyryan and Votyak (Udmurt). 1962R. Maxwell Information U.S.S.R. xvi. 579/1 In the 30's..stories in Udmurt..appeared for the first time. 1984R. Wixman Peoples U.S.S.R. 204 Udmurt is closely related to (and to some degree mutually intelligible with) Komi and Komi Permyak. |