улас
Buryat
Comparison | |
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Mongolian | улс (uls) |
Buryat | улас (ulas) |
Kalmyk | улс (uls) |
Etymology
From Common Turkic *uluš (“country, city”). Compare Old Uyghur 'wlwš (uluš, “country”). Doublet of улус (ulus, type of rural locality, borrowed from Russian).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊ.las/, [ʊ.lɐs]
Noun
улас • (ulas) (??? please provide spelling!)
- state
- country
- people, nation
Synonyms
- (state): гүрэн (güren)
- (country): орон (oron)
- (people): арад (arad), зон (zon), хүнүүд (xünüüd)
Derived terms
- улас орон (ulas oron)
- улас түрэ (ulas türe)
See also
- штат (štat, “[federal] state”)