 the udmurts are a people who speak the udmurt language. throughout history they have been known in russian as chud otyatskaya (ÑÑÐ´Ñ Ð¾ÑÑÑÐºÐ°Ñ), otyaks, or votyaks (most known name), and in tatar as ar. there have been claims that they are the "most red-headed" people in the world.fernandez-armesto, f., ed. (1994), the times guide to the peoples of europe. london: times books. the members of the long-extinct budini tribe, who are said to have been precursors of the modern udmurts, were described as being predominantly red-headed by the ancient greek historian herodotus . ==etymology== the name udmurt probably comes from *odo-mort 'meadow people,' where the first part represents the permic root *od(o) 'meadow, glade, turf, greenery' (related to the finnish word itÃ¤Ã¤ 'to germinate, sprout') and the second part (udmurt murt 'person'; cf. komi mort, mari mari) was an early borrowing from an iranian language (such as scythian): *mertÄ or *martiya 'person, man' (cf. urdu/persian mard. this is supported by a document dated february 25, 1557, in which the udmurts are referred to as lugovye lyudi 'meadow people', alongside the traditional russian name otyaki .a.g. ivanov, "udmurty â 'lugovye lyudi'," linguistica uralica vol. 27, no. 3 (1991), pp. 188â92. on the other hand, in the russian tradition, the name 'meadow people' refers to the inhabitants of the left bank of river in general. recently
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