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Votyak, n. (a.)
(ˈvəʊtjæk, ‖ vaˈtjak)
Also Votiak.
[Russ.]
1. A member of a Finno-Ugrian people inhabiting the Udmurt republic in the northwestern region of the U.S.S.R. Also attrib. or as adj.
1841Penny Cycl. XX. 247/1 The Votiakes are settled west of the Permians, on both sides of the upper course of the river Viatka, and in the country about the source of the Kama. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 866/2 Near Perm..are the Votyáks, who call themselves 'Uhdmurd, i.e., Hospitable men. 1938N. & Q. 23 Apr. 291/2 Votyak folk-lore is influenced by the Persians. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. viii. 482 The Votiaks,..living in the Vyatka region. 1968Bethell & Burg tr. Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward (1971) i. viii. 110 Now, as he paced up and down the ward, he remembered how the old folk used to die back home on the kama—Russians, Tartars, Votyaks or whatever they were. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 313/1 In the lud sanctuaries of the Votyaks..worship was performed by members of the family.
2. The language of this people, belonging to the Permian branch of the Finno-Ugrian family.
1878Encycl. Brit. VIII. 700/1 Finnic or Ugrian represented by..(b) Karelian..(m) Votiak. 1908, etc. [see Permian a. (n.) 2]. 1932W. L. Graff Language & Languages 406 Votyak (about 400,000) is situated between the Viatka and the Kama. 1951W. K. Matthews Languages U.S.S.R. iii. 24 The Permian branch, which comprises two languages, Zyryan and Votyak (Udmurt). 1977[see Vepsian]. |