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Buryat
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian улу́с m (ulús), from Proto-Turkic *ulu-ĺ (“country, city”). Doublet of улас (ulas, “state, country; people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊ.lʊːs/
- Hyphenation: у‧лус
Noun
улус • (ulus) (??? please provide spelling!)
- an ulus (type of indigenous rural locality in Buryatia)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Russian
Etymology
From Turkic or Mongolic. Compare Mongolian улс (uls) / ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (ulus), Kazakh ұлыс (ūlys), Tatar олыс (olıs), etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
улу́с • (ulús) m inan (genitive улу́са, nominative plural улу́сы, genitive plural улу́сов)
- ulus, uls (various historical or modern Turkic or Mongolian regions)
Declension
Descendants
Shor
Noun
улус • (ulus)
- people
- village
Tuvan
Etymology
Borrowed from Mongolic, from Proto-Turkic *ulu-ĺ (“country, city”). Compare Kalmyk улс (uls, “people”) and Mongolian улс (uls, “state, country; people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
улус • (ulus) (definite accusative улусту, plural улустар)
- people (group of individuals)
- Шөлде улус аажок хөй. ― Şölde ulus aajok xöy. ― There are a lot of people in the field.