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Perm

//pɝm// name, noun, verb, slang

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga.
  2. 2
    A krai of Russia, near the Ural Mountains.
  3. 3
    A city, the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia.
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of permanent wave (“hairstyle”). abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. 2
    A permutation. informal
  3. 3
    Permission
  4. 4
    a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals wordnet
  5. 5
    A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
Verb
  1. 1
    To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
  2. 2
    give a permanent wave to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

Etymology 2

Short for permanent.

Etymology 3

Short for permutation.

Etymology 4

Short for permission.

Etymology 5

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.

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