Permic
/ˈpəːmɪk/noun
A group of Finno-Ugric languages including Komi (Komi-Permyak and Komi-Zyrian) and Udmurt (Votyak), and spoken by certain peoples living west of the Urals.
- Formerly (and still occasionally) known as Permian: compare Permian..
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating Permic as a language group, or any of the languages within it.
- Formerly (and still occasionally) designated Permian: see Permian..
Origin
Mid 19th century. From the name of Perm + -ic. Compare earlier Permian.
- tooth fairy
- toothfish
- toothglass
- tooth-gnasher
- mountaintop
- mountain tortoise
- mountain trout
- Mountain View
- mountain vlix
- mountain vole
- mountainward
- mountainwards
- mountain wave
- mountain white oak
- mountain wind
- mountain witch
- mountainy
- mountainy man
- mountain zebra
- mountant
- Mountbatten, Louis
- Mount Desert Island
- mountebank
- mountebankery
- mountebanking