Permian noun & adjective. ['pǝ:mɪǝn] L16.
[from Perm, a city and province in the west of the Urals + -IAN.]
A. noun.
1. (A person who speaks) any of the Permic languages. L16.

2. Geology. The Permian period; the system of rocks dating from this time. L16.
b. adjective.
1. Geology. Designating or pertaining to the last period of the Palaeozoic era, following the Carboniferous and preceding the Triassic, in which amphibians, and reptiles resembling mammals, flourished and many sandstones were deposited. M19.

2. Designating (people who speak any of) the Permic languages. L19.

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