ᠣᠷᠤᠰ

See also: ᠣᡵᠣᠰ

Mongolian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ (Orus, “Russia”), from Middle Mongol 斡羅思 (orus, “Rusʹ”), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Initial o- was an epenthesis determined by vowel harmony, as natively Mongolian does not allow a word-initial liquid consonant.

Pronunciation

• (Mongolia Khalkh) IPA^(key): [ɔ.rŏs]

Noun

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (orus)	орос (oros)

ᠣᠷᠤᠰ • (orus)

1. (attributively) Russian

   ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
   ᠵᠣᠨ ― orus ǰon ― the Russian people

   ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
   ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ― orus kümün ― a Russian person

   ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
   ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ― orus kele ― the Russian language

2. (singulatively) a Russian (person)

   ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠴᠤᠳ
   /
   ᠣᠷᠤᠰ ᠤᠳ ― orusčud / orus-ud ― the Russians

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠴᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ (orusčilaqu, “to Russify”)

 

Proper noun

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (Orus)	Орос (Oros)

ᠣᠷᠤᠰ • (orus)

1. Russia (The largest country in the world, a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

   ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
   ᠣᠷᠤᠨ ― orus orun ― Russia (as geographical region)

   ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
   ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ― orus ulus ― Russia (as country or state)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• ᠣᠷᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
  ᠬᠣᠯᠪᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ
  ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (orus-un qolbuɣan-u ulus, “the Russian Federation”)

 

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros)
  • → Chinese: 俄羅斯／俄罗斯 (éluósī)
    • → Vietnamese: Nga La Tư