ᠣᠷᠤᠰ

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See also: ᠣᡵᠣᠰ

Mongolian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ᠋ (Orus, Russia), from Middle Mongol 斡羅思 (orus, Rusʹ), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Initial o- was an epenthesis determined by vowel harmony, as natively Mongolian does not allow a word-initial liquid consonant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
(orus)
орос
(oros)

ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (orus)

  1. (attributively) Russian
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
    ᠵᠣᠨ
    orus ǰonthe Russian people
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
    ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠨ
    orus kümüna Russian person
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
    ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
    orus kelethe Russian language
  2. (singulatively) a Russian (person)
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰᠴᠤᠳ
    /
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰ ᠤᠳ
    orusčud / orus-udthe Russians

Declension

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Derived terms

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Proper noun

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
(Orus)
Орос
(Oros)

ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (orus)

  1. Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
    ᠣᠷᠤᠨ
    orus orunRussia (as geographical region)
    ᠣᠷᠤᠰ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    orus ulusRussia (as country or state)

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