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Oriya, a. and n.|ɒˈriːjə|
Also Ooreah, Ooriya, Uriya, etc.
[f. Skr. Odra name of a region of India.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Odra, an ancient region of India corresponding to the State of Orissa.
b. Of or pertaining to the State of Orissa, which takes its name from Odra.
B. n.
a. A native of Odra.
b. The Indo-European language of Odra, which is spoken widely in Orissa.
1801Asiatick Researches VII. 225 Utcala or Ódradésa is co-extensive with the Subá of Órésá{ddd}The language of this province, and the character in which it is written, are both called Uríya...The Bráhmens of this province use the Uríya character in writing the Sanscrĭt language. 1831A. Sutton Introd. Gram. Oriya Lang. p. vii, The Oriyas speak every word with the bold rusticity of an English countryman... A Bengallee can scarcely be met with who speaks Oriya, but he may instantly be detected by his peculiar mode of pronunciation. 1848J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter 177/2 The Ooreahs are, in some respects, excellent servants; they are very careful of furniture. Ibid. 179/1 The language of the Oreeah nation is a dialect of the Sanscrit, much resembling the Bengalee, and called the Ooreah. 1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Indian Terms p. xxii, The Telugu..meeting on the north with Uriya, on the west with Maráthí and Karnáta. 1866G. Campbell in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XXXV. ii. (Suppl.) 52 They [sc. the ‘Bhooyas’]..speak Oorya on the Ooriah borders..and Hindee farther north. Ibid. A resemblance in appearance to the Ooryahs, among whom high cheek bones seem to prevail. 1872W. W. Hunter Orissa I. v. 171 The Uriyá language held its own for centuries, almost to the walls of Kalingapatnam itself. 1873E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) IV. 266/1 A monster snake..was worshipped by the Ooryah as a deity. Ibid. 267/1 In Vizianagram, Telugu is only spoken in the open country, and Urya in the mountains. 1903G. A. Grierson Linguistic Survey India V. ii. 367 It is called Oṛiyā, Ōḍrī, or Utkalī, that is to say the language of Ōḍra or Utkala, both of which are ancient names of the country now known as Orissa. Ibid. 368 The Oṛiyā verbal system is at once simple and complete. 1930R. D. Banerji Hist. Orissa I. x. 136 The average Oriya..is usually dwarfish in stature and brownish black in complexion. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 155 Oriya, an Indic language (also called Odri) spoken in Orissa, Bihar, Bengal, the eastern regions of the Central Provinces and in the northern part of the Madras Presidency, by a total of about 13,000,000 native speakers. 1971Femina (Bombay) 30 Apr. 29/1 A student of Hindustani classical music, she knows many Oriya songs. 1972W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. 206 Oriya is the state language of Orissa, where it is the native medium of sixteen and a half millions. Ibid., The Oriyas reached their present seats after advancing from the west. |