རྒྱ་སེར

Tibetan

Etymology

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

Proper noun

1. (historical) Russia

Synonyms

• ཨུ་རུ་སུ (u ru su)