Siryenian, n. and a.
(sɜːˈjiːnɪən)
Also Sirenian, Syrianian, -jenian, Syryenian, Ziranian, Zyrenian.
[f. mod.L. Syriænus (ad. Russ. zyryánin, -áne Zyrian n. and a.) + -ian.]
= Zyrian n. and a.
| 1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iii. 552/1 Sirenian St. Matthew. 1878 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 700/1 Finnic or Ugrian represented by..Siryenian. 1879 Ibid. IX. 291/2 The Permian Finns comprise the Siryenians,..the Permian proper,..and the Votyak. 1908 [see Permian a. (n.) 2]. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 389/1 The Syryenian headquarters are at the town of Ishma on the Pechora. 1911 Ibid. XXVI. 317/2 Syryenians (also Sirianian, Syrjenian, Zyrenian, Ziranian, Zyrian and Zirian), a tribe belonging to the Permian division of the eastern Finns. 1930 Liddell & Scott Gr.-Eng. Lex., κάνναβις..borrowed perh. fr. Ugro-Finnish, cf... Syrianian pï{sbreve} ‘hemp’. |