Сибирь

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Сибирь • (Sibirʹ)

Recorded in Classical Mongolian as ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠷᠢ (sibiri) and ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠢᠷᠢ (sibiiri).
Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь f (Sibírʹ).

Зүүн Сибирь


Орос

Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (Orus), from Middle Mongol 斡羅思 (oros), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). See орос (oros).

Орос орон

Орос улас

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Монгол

Монгол орон

Монгол улас

Монгол Улас

Mongolia (official and full name of the state)

Mongolia (a country in northeastern Asia; capital: Ulaanbaatar)


Ород

Compare Mongolian Орос (Oros), Kalmyk Орс (Ors), etc.


Росси

From Russian Росси́я f (Rossíja, “Russia”), from Byzantine Greek Ῥωσία f (Rhōsía), from Old East Slavic Рꙋсь f (Rusĭ, “Rus”), from Proto-Finnic *roocci (“Swedes from Roslagen”).

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Россиин Федераци
Россиин Федераци#Buryat

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia; official name: Россиин Федераци (Rossiin Fjedjeraci))


Улаан Баатар

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Улаан Баатар

Cognate with Khalkha Улаанбаатар (Ulaanbaatar) and Kalmyk Улан Баатр (Ulan Baatr).

Ulaanbaatar (the capital city of Mongolia)

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Шэнэ Зеланд

Шэнэ Зеланд • (Šene Zjeland)

Cognate with Mongolian Шинэ Зеланд (Šine Zeland) and Kalmyk Шинзеленд (Şinzelend)


Швейцари

Швейцари • (Švjejcari)

[ʃvʲɪj.t͜sʰäː.rʲɪ]

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

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Эрхүү

Эрхүү • (Erxüü)

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠡᠷᠬᠡᠦ (Erkeü) or ᠡᠷᠬᠦᠦ (Erküü).

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Эрхүү гол, Эрхүү мүрэн

Irkut, left tributary of the Angara River

Эрхүү хото

Эрхүүгэй можо


Улаан-Үдэ

→ Mongolian: Улаан-Үд (Ulaan-Üd)

→ Russian: Ула̀н-Удэ́ (Ulàn-Udɛ́) (see there for further descendants)

[ʊ.lä̟ːɴ̟‿u.dɤ̽]

Үдэ (Üde) is the native Buryat name for River Uda (right tributary of Selenga), while Улаан (Ulaan, “red”) denoted Soviet ideology. Replaced the city’s former name Верхнеудинск (Vjerxnjeudinsk, literally “city on Upper Uda”) in 27 July 1934.

Улаан-Үдэ хото

Ulan-Ude (a city in Russia, capital of Buryatia)


Америкын Холбоото Штадууд

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Америкын Холбоото Штадууд

Америкын Холбоото Штадууд • (Amjerikyn Xolbooto Štaduud) pl

Amjerikyn Xolbooto Štaduud (romanization)

[ɐ.mʲe̞ː.rʲɪ.kʰɨːɴ χɔl.bɔː.tʰɜ ʃtʰäː.dʊːt]

United States of America
United States of America

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Сэлэнгэ

[sʰɨ̞.lɤ̽ŋ.ɡɤ̞]

Inherited from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠡᠯᠡᠩᠭᠡ (Selengge) or ᠰᠡᠯᠢᠩᠭᠡ (Selingge).
Initial sibilant С- (S-) had irregularly not debuccalised to Һ- (H-).

Сэлэнгэ мүрэн

Selenga (river in Mongolia and Buryatia, Russia; flowing into the Lake Baikal)


Шэтэ

Шэтэ • (Šete)

Possibly from Evenki. Compare Khamnigan Mongol Читэ (Čite) and Russian Чита́ (Čitá).

Buryat language#Dialects
Buryat language#Writting systems
Classical Mongolian language

Шэтэ гол

Chitinka (a river in Trans-Baikalian Russia, left tributary of the Ingoda)

Шэтэ хото

Chita (a city in Trans-Baikalian Russia)


Захаамин

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Захаамин • (Zaxaamin) (^(???) please provide spelling!)

[zä̟.χɑː.mʲɪɴ̟]

Borrowed from Russian Зака́мен- (Zakámen-), stem of Зака́мна (Zakámna).

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Zakamna (a geographical region in Buryatia, Russia)

Захаамин хото


Ага

Compare Khamnigan Mongol Ага (Aga), Агу (Agu).

Trans-Baikal Territory
Trans-Baikal Territory#English

the Aga (a river in Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)

Aginskoe (an urban-type settlement in Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia)


Сүхэ

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Сүхэ • (Süxe)

Attested in Classical Mongolian manuscripts as ᠴᠥᠬᠦ (čökü), ᠴᠥᠬᠦᠢ (čöküi), and ᠰᠥᠬᠦ (sökü).


Баргажан

Баргажан • (Bargažan)


Үдэ

Uda (a river in Buryatia, Russia; a right tributary of the Selenga)

Uda (a river in the Irkutsk Region, Russia; the name of the upper course of the Chuna)


Түнхэн

Түнхэн • (Tünxen)

the Tunka (a river in Buryatia, Russia, a right tributary of the Irkut)


Мухар-Шэбэр

Mukhorshibirka (a river in Buryatia, Russia)

Mukhorshibir (a selo in Buryatia, Russia)


Анаа

the Ona (a river in Buryatia, Russia, a right tributary of the Uda)


Хёлго

Buryat language#Dialects
Buryat language#Writting systems
Classical Mongolian language
Secret History of the Mongols

Attested in the Secret History of the Mongols as 勤勒豁_中沐漣 (kilqo müren).

Zabaykalsky Krai
Zabaykalsky Krai#English

the Khilok (a river in Zabaykalsky Krai and Buryatia, Russia, a right tributary of the Selenga)

Khilok (a town in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia)


Хэжэнгэ

Хэжэнгэ • (Xeženge)

the Kizhinga (a river in Buryatia, Russia, a left tributary of the Kodun)


Хамни

the Khamney (a river in Buryatia, Russia)