улус

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!)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈɫus]

Noun

улу́с • (ulús) m inan (genitive улу́са, nominative plural улу́сы, genitive plural улу́сов)

  1. ulus, uls (various historical or modern Turkic or Mongolian regions)

Declension

Descendants

  • Buryat: улус (ulus)
  • Yakut: улуус (uluus)

Shor

Noun

улус • (ulus)

  1. people
  2. 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

  • IPA(key): /ʊ.lʊs/

Noun

улус • (ulus) (definite accusative улусту, plural улустар)

  1. people (group of individuals)
    Шөлде улус аажок хөй.Şölde ulus aajok xöy.There are a lot of people in the field.
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