улас

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ʾwɽwz /⁠ulus⁠/), from Common Turkic *uluš (“country, city”). Doublet of native улад (ulad, “people”) and Russian borrowing улус (ulus, “type of village”).

Compare Kalmyk улс (uls, “people; state”); Khamnigan Mongol улас (ulas, “people; country, state”), Mongolian улс (uls, “country, state; people”); Khakas улус (ulus, “people; close relatives; blood relatives of a married woman”), Tuvan улус (ulus, “people”), Southern Altai улус (ulus, “people; village”); Old Uyghur [script needed] ('wlwš /⁠uluš⁠/, “country”); etc,

• IPA^(key): /ʊ̞.läs/, [ʊ̞.lɐ̟s]
• Hyphenation: у‧лас

улас • (ulas) (^??? please provide spelling!)

1. country, state

   Буряад Улас ― Burjaad Ulas ― the Republic of Buryatia

2. people, nation

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• (state): гүрэн (güren)
• (country): орон (oron)
• (people): арад (arad), зон (zon), хүнүүд (xünüüd)

• штат (štat, “[federal] state”)

• Hyphenation: у‧лас

улас (ulas)

1. people

   Synonyms: дзон (dzon), хаан (xaan)

2. country, state

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• (the people): арад (arad), арад дзон (arad dzon)
• (person): күн (kün), көн (kön), күүн (küün), күмүүн (kümüün)