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Ulus

Ulus

See also: ulus and -ulus

Turkish

Proper noun

Ulus

  1. A male given name

ulus

ulus

See also: Ulus and -ulus

English

Noun

ulus

  1. plural of ulu

Etymology 2

From Russian улу́с (ulús), from Yakut улуус (uluus).

Noun

ulus (plural uluses)

  1. An administrative division of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, similar to райо́н (rajón, district) in Russia proper.
Translations

Turkish

Etymology

From a Mongolic source, compare Mongolian улс (uls, state, country), from Old Turkic [script needed] (uluş, country, city) which is likely related to Old Turkic [script needed] (ülüş, lot, endowment),[1] therefore from Proto-Turkic *üle- (to divide, distribute, endow),[2] see more at üleş and üleşmek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): uɫus

Noun

ulus (definite accusative ulusu, plural uluslar)

  1. nation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ulusçu
  • ulusal
  • uluslu
  • ulussuz
  • uluslararası
  • uluslarüstü
  • uluslaşmak

Declension

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), ulus”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*üle-”