улус

Buryat

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian улу́с m (ulús), from Proto-Turkic *ulu-ĺ (“country, city”). Doublet of улас (ulas, “state, country; people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ.lʊːs/
• Hyphenation: у‧лус

Noun

улус • (ulus) (^??? please provide spelling!)

1. an ulus (type of indigenous rural locality in Buryatia)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian

Etymology

From Turkic or Mongolic. Compare Mongolian улс (uls) / ᠤᠯᠤᠰ (ulus), Kazakh ұлыс (ūlys), Tatar олыс (olıs), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʊˈɫus]

Noun

улу́с • (ulús) m inan (genitive улу́са, nominative plural улу́сы, genitive plural улу́сов)

1. ulus, uls (various historical or modern Turkic or Mongolian regions)

Declension

Declension of улу́с (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	улу́с ulús	улу́сы ulúsy
genitive	улу́са ulúsa	улу́сов ulúsov
dative	улу́су ulúsu	улу́сам ulúsam
accusative	улу́с ulús	улу́сы ulúsy
instrumental	улу́сом ulúsom	улу́сами ulúsami
prepositional	улу́се ulúse	улу́сах ulúsax

Descendants

• → Buryat: улус (ulus)
• → Yakut: улуус (uluus)

Shor

Noun

улус • (ulus)

1. people
2. village

Tuvan

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolic, from Proto-Turkic *ulu-ĺ (“country, city”). Compare Kalmyk улс (uls, “people”) and Mongolian улс (uls, “state, country; people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊ.lʊs/

Noun

улус • (ulus) (definite accusative улусту, plural улустар)

1. people (group of individuals)

   Шөлде улус аажок хөй. ― Şölde ulus aajok xöy. ― There are a lot of people in the field.