Солонгос

See also: солонгос

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠩᠭᠤᠰ (soluŋɣus)	Солонгос (Solongos)

Солонгос

Etymology

From Middle Mongol 莎郎合思 (Солонгос, “Goryeo”). Compare Jurchen solgor (“Goryeo”) (whence Manchu ᠰᠣᠯᡥᠣ (“Korea”) and borrowed as Mongolian Солго (Solgo, “Korea”)), Old Turkic 𐰲𐰇𐰞𐰍𐰞 (čölüg, “Silla”), Chinese 新羅 (MC sin la, “Silla”) and Japanese 新羅(しらき) (shiraki, “Silla”).

Pronunciation

• (Khalkh, Mongolia) IPA^(key): [sʰɔ.ɮɔɴ.ɢʊ̞s]
• Hyphenation: Со‧лон‧гос

Proper noun

Солонгос • (Solongos)

1. Korea (country)

   Synonyms: (obsolete) Солго (Solgo), Гуулин (Guulin) (archaic)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Өмнөд Солонгос (Ömnöd Solongos, “South Korea”)
• Хойд Солонгос (Xojd Solongos, “North Korea”)