Buryat

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Comparison
Mongolian улс (uls)
Buryat улас (ulas)
Kalmyk улс (uls)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ʾwɽwz /⁠ulus⁠/), from Common Turkic *uluš (country, city). Doublet of native улад (ulad, people) and Russian borrowing улус (ulus, type of village).

Compare Kalmyk улс (uls, people; state); Khamnigan Mongol улас (ulas, people; country, state), Mongolian улс (uls, country, state; people); Khakas улус (ulus, people; close relatives; blood relatives of a married woman), Tuvan улус (ulus, people), Southern Altai улус (ulus, people; village); Old Uyghur [script needed] ('wlwš /⁠uluš⁠/, country); etc,

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʊ̞.läs/, [ʊ̞.lɐ̟s]
  • Hyphenation: у‧лас

Noun

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улас (ulas) (??? please provide spelling!)

  1. country, state
    Буряад УласBurjaad Ulasthe Republic of Buryatia
  2. people, nation

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Khamnigan Mongol

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: у‧лас

Noun

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улас (ulas)

  1. people
    Synonyms: дзон (dzon), хаан (xaan)
  2. country, state

Declension

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