ᠤᠯᠤᠰ

Mongolian

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ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
(ulus)
улс
(uls)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ᠤᠯᠤᠰ • (ulus)

  1. state, country, nation
    Synonyms: ᠭᠦᠷᠦᠨ (gürün), ᠲᠥᠷᠥ (törö)
    ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    mongɣul ulusMongolia (literally, “the Mongol State”)
    ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    dumdadu ulusChina (literally, “the Central State”)
    1. A syntactic head added to untitled full official state names
      ᠦᠺᠷᠠᠶᠢᠨ
      ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
      ükrayin ulusUkraine (literally, “the State of Ukraine”)
  2. people
    Synonyms: ᠬᠦᠮᠦᠰ (kümüs), ᠵᠣᠨ (ǰon)

Declension

Declension of ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
nominative genitive dative–locative accusative ablative instrumental comitative directional
attributive substantive adverbial adjectival locative indefinite definite modern archaic
singular plural
singular ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (ulus) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ  ᠤ᠋ᠨ (ulus--un) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢ (ulus-un-ki) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢᠨ (ulus-un-kin) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠤ᠌ (ulus-tu) ᠤᠯᠤᠰᠳ᠋ᠠᠬᠢ (ulus-daki) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (ulus) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠢ᠋ (ulus-i) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠠ᠋ᠴᠠ (ulus-ača) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠢ᠋ᠶ᠋ᠠᠷ (ulus-iyar) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠲᠠᠢ (ulus-tai) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠯᠤᠭ᠌ᠠ (ulus-luɣa) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ
(ulus uruɣu)
plural ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ (ulus-ud) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ (ulus-ud-un) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢ (ulus-ud-un-ki) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠬᠢᠨ (ulus-ud-un-kin) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠲᠤ᠌ (ulus-ud-tu) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠳ᠋ᠠᠬᠢ (ulus-ud-daki) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠢ᠋ (ulus-ud-i) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠠ᠋ᠴᠠ (ulus-ud-ača) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠢ᠋ᠶ᠋ᠠᠷ (ulus-ud-iyar) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠲᠠᠢ (ulus-ud-tai) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ ᠯᠤᠭ᠌ᠠ (ulus-ud-luɣa) ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤ᠋ᠳ
ᠤᠷᠤᠭᠤ
(ulus-ud uruɣu)

Derived terms

  • ᠣᠯᠠᠨ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ
    (olan ulus-un, international; multinational)
  • ᠮᠤᠵᠢ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (muǰi ulus, federal state, literally province state)
  • 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)
  • ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ
    ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠭᠤ
    ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (bügüde nayiramdaɣu enedkeg ulus, Republic of India)
  • ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (mongɣul ulus, Mongolia)
  • ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠᠳᠤ
    ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ
    ᠤᠯᠤᠰ
    (dumdadu irgen ulus, Republic of China)