Perm

See also: perm

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Old Permic or French ancien permien, from Russian Пермь (Permʹ).

Symbol

Perm

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Old Permic.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Perm

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Пермь (Permʹ), probably from a Proto-Finno-Permic (Uralic) stem; compared to Estonian põrand, dialectal põrmand (“floor, ground”) by P. Alvre in Keel ja Kirjandus No 7, 1981, pp. 407-413. Compare Bjarmaland.

Appears on western maps as latinized Permia in the late 16th century (Mercator (1595)). The Russian city of Perm is a modern foundation, established under Peter I in 1723.

Proper noun

Perm

1. A historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga.
2. A krai of Russia, near the Ural Mountains.
3. A city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia.

Derived terms

• Permic

Related terms

• Permian

Translations

city in Russia

Arabic: بِيرْم m (bīrm) Armenian: Պերմ (Perm) Belarusian: Перм f (Pjerm) Bulgarian: Перм m (Perm) Chinese: Mandarin: 彼爾姆 / 彼尔姆 (zh) (Bǐ'ěrmǔ) Chuvash: Перӗм (Perĕm) Danish: Perm Dutch: Perm (nl) n Finnish: Perm (fi) French: Perm (fr) m Georgian: პერმი (ṗermi) German: Perm (de) n Hebrew: פרם (he) (perm) Hindi: पेर्म (perm), पर्म (hi) (parm) Hungarian: Perm (hu) Indonesian: Perm Japanese: ペルミ (Perumi) Komi-Permyak: Перем (Perem) Komi-Zyrian: Перым (Perym) Korean: 페름 (pereum) Macedonian: Перм m (Perm) Malay: Perm Mongolian: Пермь (Permʹ) Persian: پرم (perm) Polish: Perm (pl) m Portuguese: Perm f Russian: Пермь (ru) f (Permʹ), Пермь Великая f (Permʹ Velikaja), Пермь Камская f (Permʹ Kamskaja) Serbo-Croatian: Перм, Perm (sh) Spanish: Perm (es) m Swedish: Perm (sv) Tatar: Пирем (Pirem) Kryashen: Пирме (Pirme) Thai: เปียร์ม Udmurt: Пермь (Perm) Ukrainian: Перм f (Perm) Vietnamese: Pecmi

Anagrams

• Emp'r, Prem, prem

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Perm

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁm/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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Perm n (proper noun, genitive Perms or (optionally with an article) Perm)

1. Perm (a city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia)
2. (geology) the Permian

Declension

Declension of Perm [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Perm
genitive	eines	des	Perms
dative	einem	dem	Perm
accusative	ein	das	Perm

See also

• Karbon
• Paläozoikum
• Trias

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Пермь (Permʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrm/
• Rhymes: -ɛrm
• Syllabification: Perm

Proper noun

Perm m inan

1. Perm (a historical region of northeastern Russia)
2. Perm (a krai of Russia)
3. Perm (a city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Perm

	singular
nominative	Perm
genitive	Permu
dative	Permowi
accusative	Perm
instrumental	Permem
locative	Permie
vocative	Permie

Further reading

• Perm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Perm f

1. Perm (a krai of Russia)
2. Perm (a city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia)