Relating to the Cheremis people or their language and culture; a member of the Cheremis ethnic group.
From 'Cheremis' plus the adjectival suffix '-ian' (from Latin '-ianus'). Creates a relational adjective following English patterns for ethnic and cultural designations.
This is a linguistic fossil—the word preserves the older English and Russian name for people who now prefer to be called Mari, showing how anthropological terminology evolves!
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