单词 | udi |
释义 | Udin. An almost extinct north-east Caucasian language of Daghestan. Also attributive. ΘΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian > Dagestan languages Lezgin1780 Lezgi1861 Avarian1875 Avar1881 Udi1948 Tabassaran1951 Lak1954 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. v. 327 According to some scholars, Caucasian Albanian still survives in the Udi language. 1951 W. K. Matthews Langs. U.S.S.R. v. 86 Udi, which is the language of two villages, in South-East Daghestan. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia III. 1013/2 One village of Udi speakers is located in Georgia. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia III. 1013/2 The Udi language is supposed to be one of the languages of ancient Caucasian Albania. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasU.D.I. U.D.I. n. unilateral declaration of independence (originally of Rhodesia from the U.K.). ΘΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > national independence > declaration of independence > unilateral declaration U.D.I.1965 1965 Economist 8 May 634/1 They shrug off..the threat of Britain imposing sanctions if Mr Ian Smith's government made a unilateral declaration of independence (‘UDI’). 1966 Listener 17 Feb. 251/3 The British often ‘lean over backwards’ in their determination to do justice to George Washington and the other U.D.I. heroes. 1972 A. Price Col. Butler's Wolf ix. 99 He lived in Rhodesia…left shortly after UDI. 1980 Times 30 July 13/2 Both he and his wife Avis are from Yorkshire—not quite the kind that think Yorkshire should declare UDI. < n.1948 as lemmas |
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