улс

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Kalmyk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Written Oirat ᡇᠯᡇᠰ (ulus), from Common Turkic *uluš (country; city). Compare also Buryat улас (ulas), Mongolian улс (uls); Tuvan улус (ulus), Southern Altai улус (ulus), Shor улус (ulus), Khakas улус (ulus); etc.

The sense "country" is obsolete in spoken speech, although revived (probably by borrowing from Mongolian улс (uls)) by language revivalists.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /uˈləs/, /ulˈsə/

Noun[edit]

улс (uls)

  1. people
    1. people (of one nation or ethnic group)
    2. population (people living within one geographical boundary)
    3. folk (a particular group of people); those who
      талвңд хурсн улсtalvñd xursn ulsthose who have gathered in the square
  2. (obsolete) state, country
    Synonyms: таңһч (tañğç), орн-нутг (orn-nutg)

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian[edit]

MongolianCyrillic
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(ulus)
улс
(uls)

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ʾwɽwz /⁠ulus⁠/), from Common Turkic *uluš (country; city). Compare Khamnigan Mongol улас (ulas, people; country, state), Buryat улад (ulad, people), улас (ulas, country, state), Kalmyk улс (uls, people; state); Tuvan улус (ulus, people), Southern Altai улус (ulus, people; village), Khakas улус (ulus, people; close relatives; blood relatives of a married woman); Old Uyghur 'wlwš (uluš, country); also Russian улу́с m inan (ulús, Siberian village); etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

улс (uls); (regular declension)

  1. state, country, nation, polity, commonwealth
  2. people, folk
  3. neighbour

Declension[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

endocentric compounds

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