уул

See also: үүл and -уул

Kalmyk

Noun

уул • (uul)

1. mountain

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ogul (“son”).

Noun

уул • (uul) (Arabic spelling ۇۇل)

1. son

Mongolian

Etymology 1

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠤᠯ (uul)	уул (uul)

Compare Kalmyk уул (uul, “basic, fundamental, original, native, kindred, own”), juxtaposed with Proto-Turkic *ogul (Turkish oğul) by Ramstedt.

Doublet of уугуул (uuguul, “native”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊː.la/
• (Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [ʊ̞̙ːɮ]
• Hyphenation: уул (orthographic, Mongolia)

Adjective

уул • (uul)

1. root, original, native
2. that, the same

Derived terms

• уул нь (uul nʹ, “basically”)

 

References

• “уул III”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Etymology 2

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠤᠯᠠ (uula)	уул (uul)

From Proto-Mongolic *huxula. Cognate with Daur xwaal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊː.la/
• (Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [ʊ̞̙ːɮ]
• Hyphenation: уул (orthographic, Mongolia)

Noun

уул • (uul)

1. tinder

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• цагаан уул (cagaan uul, “edelweiss”)

 

References

• “уул II”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Etymology 3

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠤᠤᠯᠠ (uula)	уул (uul)

Borrowed from Mandarin 烏拉／乌拉 (wùla), from Manchu ᡤᡡᠯᡥᠠ (gūlha, “boot”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊː.la/
• (Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [ʊ̞̙ːɮ]
• Hyphenation: уул (orthographic, Mongolia)

Noun

уул • (uul)

1. a type of boots
2. short for уул өвс (uul övs, “Carex meyeriana”).

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• ул (ul)

References

• “уул II”, “уул IV”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Etymology 4

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ (aɣula)	уул (uul)

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠠᠭᠤᠯᠠ (aɣula), from Middle Mongol [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *axula, compare Buryat уула (uula), Daur aul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊː.la/
• (Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [ʊ̞̙ːɮ]
• Hyphenation: уул (orthographic, Mongolia)

Noun

уул • (uul) (definite plural уулс or уулууд); (hidden-n declension)

1. mountain

Usage notes

• The genitive is уулын (uulyn) despite the hidden n in the oblique, dative and ablative cases.

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• галт уул (galt uul, “volcano”)
• уулархаг (uularxag)

 

See also

• дов (dov)
• өндөрлөг (öndörlög)

References

• “уул I”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ogul (“son”).

Noun

уул • (uul)

1. son