Солонгос

See also: солонгос

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠩᠭ᠋‍ᠤᠰ (solungɣ‍us)	Солонгос (Solongos)

Солонгос

Etymology

From Middle Mongol 莎郎合思 (Солонгос, “Goryeo”). Compare Jurchen [script needed] (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

• (Khalkha) 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”)