ulus
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English
Etymology 1
Noun
ulus
Etymology 2
From Russian улу́с (ulús), from Yakut улуус (uluus).
Noun
ulus (plural uluses)
- An administrative division of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, similar to райо́н (rajón, “district”) in Russia proper.
Translations
administrative division of Sakha Republic
Anagrams
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اولوس (ulus), from a Mongolic source, compare Mongolian улс (uls, “state, country”), from Old Turkic (uluš, “country, city”) which is likely related to Old Turkic (ülüš, “lot, endowment”), therefore from Proto-Turkic *üle- (“to divide, distribute, endow”), see more at üleş and üleşmek.
Pronunciation
Noun
ulus (definite accusative ulusu, plural uluslar)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ulus | |
| Definite accusative | ulusu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | ulus | uluslar |
| Definite accusative | ulusu | ulusları |
| Dative | ulusa | uluslara |
| Locative | ulusta | uluslarda |
| Ablative | ulustan | uluslardan |
| Genitive | ulusun | ulusların |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ulus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*üle-”