Zyrian, n. and a.
(ˈzɪrɪən)
Also Syrian, Syryane, Syryen, (and esp.) Zyryan.
[ad. Russ. Zȳryánin: see -ian.]
A. n. A member of the Komi people of northern central U.S.S.R. b. The language of this people; = Komi b. B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
| 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 79/2 The Permians,..including..the Zyrians in Vologda, Archangel, Vyatka, and Perm. 1926 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 101/1 The Syriän is spoken by a large population in the districts of Perm, Viatka, Archangel, and Vologda. 1932, 1933 [see Permian a. (n). 2]. 1942 [see Komi]. 1948 D. Diringer Alphabet ii. viii. 482 Other peoples..such as the Zyryans or Syryans (now called Komi). 1951 W. K. Matthews Languages U.S.S.R. iii. 20 The Yuraks have loans from Zyryan (Komi), a Finnic language. Ibid. 25 Zyryan resistance to the Russians was less dogged and implacable than Ugrian. 1955 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1954 99 The forms are: Norwegian Lappish miettâ..Syryane ma [etc.]. 1972 Language XLVIII. 848, 7b is given by Hockett for ‘German,..French.., Zyryan’. 1978 K. Rédei (title) Zyrian folklore texts. |