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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
Noun
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ • (orus)
- (attributively) Russian
- ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
ᠵᠣᠨ ― orus ǰon ― the Russian people
- ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ ― orus kümün ― a Russian person
- ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
ᠬᠡᠯᠡ ― orus kele ― the Russian language
- (singulatively) a Russian (person)
- ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠴᠤᠳ
/
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ ᠤᠳ ― orusčud / orus-ud ― the Russians
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Proper noun
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ • (orus)
- Russia (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
Descendants