俄羅斯

See also: 俄罗斯

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (俄羅斯)
simp. (俄罗斯)

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros), from Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (orus), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).

Altaic languages do not allow word-initial r-, and regressive vowel harmony generated the prosthetic word-initial vowel, which is retained in Chinese as an extra syllable.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

俄羅斯

  1. Russia (country)
    中國俄羅斯邊界 [MSC, trad.]
    中国俄罗斯边界 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngguó hé Éluósī de biānjiè [Pinyin]
    the border between China and Russia

Synonyms

Derived terms


Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

俄羅斯 (Arasa) (hangeul 아라사)

  1. Hanja form? of 아라사 ((obsolete) Russia).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Proper noun

俄羅斯

  1. Hán tự form of Nga La Tư ((obsolete) Russia).
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