Marin.adj.
/ˈmɑːri/, U.S. /ˈmɑri/ A. n.
1. A member of a Finno-Ugric people of the Middle Volga region in Russia. Chiefly (unchanged) in plural.The Republic of Mari El has been an autonomous region of Russia since October 1990.
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Bothnian1658
Ingrian1723
Vogul1780
Wogulian1796
Votian1907
Mari1933
Ob-Ugrian1942
1910 Encycl. Brit. VI. 83/1 Cheremisses... Their name for themselves is Mori or Mari (people).]
1933 H. Kohn Nationalism in Soviet Union 62 These Finnish peoples, the Komi, the Mari, and the Mordvins, were steadily pushed back by the Russians into less fruitful areas with severer climates.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. XI. 432/2 The Uralics..are perhaps best represented by the West Siberian Voguls..and also by the Mari or Cheremisses and the Mordvins of the middle reaches of the Volga.
2. The Finnic language of the people of the Middle Volga region in Russia, divided into the mutually unintelligible dialects of Highland (or Hill) Mari and Lowland (or Meadow) Mari.Formerly called Cheremis (see Cheremis n.).
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Cheremis1652
Mordvin1877
Mordvinian1879
Mordvian1925
Mordovian1951
Mari1960
1960 T. Fitzsimmons et al. USSR 493 East Finnic includes Cheremis, or Mari, of the Mari and Bashkir Assr's.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IV. 146/2 The Volga-Finnic languages—(12) Mordvin and (13) Mari (Cheremis).
1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World ii. 148 Mari is one of the Finno-Ugric languages. There are two main dialects—Meadow and Hill—the former spoken by about 80 percent of the total.
1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 404/2 There are many Chuvash loanwords in Mari.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Mari or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Ural-Altaic > [adjective] > other Ural or Altaic people
Ingrian1781
Wogulic1813
Mordvinian1879
Mordvin1889
Mordovian1932
Mordvian1953
Mari1975
1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World ii. 148 Mari, also known as Cheremis, is spoken principally in the Mari A.S.S.R. of the Soviet Union.., located in central European Russia directly north of the Chuvash and Tatar republics.
1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics iv. 209/2 [Uralic Languages] Mari, High: spoken in the Mari and Bashkir ASSRs, eastern Volga region, USSR. Also called Cheremis.
1998 A. Dalby Dict. Langs. 404/2 Since as long ago as the 8th century, Mari and Chuvash speakers have lived side by side in their present territories.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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