Udmurt

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Turkic language, ultimately from Persian آدم (âdam), from Arabic آدَم (ʔādam). Compare Tatar адәм (adäm), Bashkir әҙәм (əźəm) and Kazakh адам (adam).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [äɟäˈmi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: адя‧ми

Noun

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адями (aďami)

  1. man
  2. person
  3. human being
    Synonym: мурт (murt)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “адями”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 28
  • T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 7
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 2