ᠤᠯᠤᠰ

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(ulus)
улс
(uls)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus), from Middle Mongol ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ (ulus) / [Term?], from Common Turkic *uluš.

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠤᠯᠤᠰ • (ulus)

  1. state, country, nation
    ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    ― moŋɣul ulus ― Mongolia (literally, “the Mongol State”)
    ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    ― dumdadu ulus ― China (literally, “the Central State”)
    1. A syntactic head added to untitled full official state names
      ᠦᠺᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
      ― ükrayin ulus ― Ukraine (literally, “the State of Ukraine”)
  2. people

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • ᠣᠯᠠᠨ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
    (olan ulus-un, “international; multinational”)
  • ᠮᠤᠵᠢ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (muǰi ulus, “federal state”, literally “province state”)
  • ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
    ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠭᠤ
    ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (bügüde nayiramdaɣu enedkeg ulus, “Republic of India”)
  • ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
    ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ
    ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
    ᠠᠷᠠᠳ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (bügüde nayiramdaqu dumdadu arad ulus, “People’s Republic of China”)
  • ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
    ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ
    ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭᠰᠲ᠋ᠠᠨ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (bügüde nayiramdaqu kazaɣstan ulus, “Republic of Kazakhstan”)
  • ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (moŋɣul ulus, “Mongolia”)
  • ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
    ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (dumdadu irgen ulus, “Republic of China”)
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