རྒྱ་སེར

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Tibetan

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Etymology

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From རྒྱ (rgya, expanse, empire) +‎ སེར (ser, yellow). Compare རྒྱ་ནག (rgya nag, China, literally the black expanse) and རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar, India, literally the white expanse); the choice of yellow for Russia is unclear, but may reference the Golden Horde.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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རྒྱ་སེར (rgya ser)

  1. (historical) Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
    Synonym: ཨུ་རུ་སུ (u ru su)

Declension

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