улс

Kalmyk

Etymology

From Written Oirat ᡇᠯᡇᠰ (ulus), from Common Turkic *uluš (country; city). Compare also Buryat улас (ulas), Mongolian улс (uls); Tuvan улус (ulus), Southern Altai улус (ulus), Shor улус (ulus), Khakas улус (ulus); etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈləs/, /ulˈsə/

Noun

улс (uls)

  1. people

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(ulus)
улс
(uls)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Common Turkic *uluš (country; city). Compare Buryat улас (ulas), Kalmyk улс (uls); Old Uyghur 'wlwš (uluš, country); etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

улс (uls); (regular declension)

  1. state, country, nation, polity, commonwealth
  2. people, folk
  3. neighbour

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • улс амьтан (uls amʹtan)
  • улс гүрэн (uls güren)
  • улс гэр (uls ger)
  • улс зон (uls zon)
  • улс иргэн (uls irgen)
  • улс орон (uls oron)
  • улс төр (uls tör)
  • улс хүмүүс (uls xümüüs)
  • вант улс (vant uls)
  • хаант улс (xaant uls)

See also

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