Тува

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Mongolian[edit]

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Mongolian
ᠲᠤᠸᠠ
(tuwa)
Cyrillic
Тува
(Tuva)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian Тува́ (Tuvá).

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Тува (Tuva)

  1. (⁓ орон; ⁓ улс) Tuva (a republic of Russia)

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Russian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

The name likely refers to a Uralic, probably Samoyedic, tribe, referred to in 7th-century Chinese sources as Dubo or Tupo.[1] The Tuvan language reflects Samoyedic influences in much of its vocabulary.

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Тува́ (Tuváf inan (genitive Тувы́)

  1. Tuva (a republic of Russia)
    Synonyms: Респу́блика Тыва́ (Respúblika Tyvá, the Republic of Tyva), Тыва́ (Tyvá)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Buryat: Түвэ (Tüve)
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠤᠸᠠ (tuwa) / Тува (Tuva)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Central Asiatic Journal. (1981). Germany: O. Harrassowitz, p. 177