улас

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Buryat

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

Etymology

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 ('wlwš /⁠uluš⁠/, “country”); etc,

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. country, state
    Буряад Улас ― Burjaad Ulas ― the Republic of Buryatia
  2. people, nation

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Derived terms

See also

Khamnigan Mongol

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus). Cognates include Mongolian улс (uls) and Buryat улас (ulas).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ulɑs/
  • Hyphenation: у‧лас

Noun

улас (ulas)

  1. people, nation
  2. country, state

References

  • D. G. Damdinov, E. V. Sundueva (2015) “улас”, in Хамниганско-русский словарь [Khamnigan-Russian dictionary]‎, Irkutsk
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