зырянин

Russian

Etymology

Of disputed origin, perhaps named for a small tribe of Komis who met the Russians, possibly related to the Uralic origin of Northern Khanty сӑран (săran, Komi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɨˈrʲænʲɪn]

Noun

зыря́нин • (zyrjáninm anim (genitive зыря́нина, nominative plural зыря́не, genitive plural зыря́н, relational adjective зыря́нский)

  1. (dated) Komi (person)
    • 1875, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава пятая”, in На краю света; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., On the Edge of the World, 1923:
      Откла́дывать бы́ло не́зачем, и мы на друго́е же у́тро раным-рано отпе́ли обе́денку, оде́лись о́ба по-тузе́мному и вы́ехали, держа́ путь к са́мому се́веру, где мой зыря́нин апо́стольствовал.
      Otkládyvatʹ býlo nézačem, i my na drugóje že útro ranym-rano otpéli obédenku, odélisʹ óba po-tuzémnomu i výjexali, deržá putʹ k sámomu séveru, gde moj zyrjánin apóstolʹstvoval.
      There was no reason to delay our departure, so already the next morning after having assisted at very early matins, we dressed ourselves like the natives, and set out, taking the road straight to the North, where my Zyryan was carrying on his apostolic mission.

Declension

Derived terms

  • зыря́нка (zyrjánka)

References

  1. ^ Туркин, А. И. (1995). "Происхождение названий коми народа" [Turkin, Adolf. The origin of the names for Komi people]. Linguistica Uralica (in Russian). XXXI (1): 17–28