俄羅斯

See also: 俄罗斯

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (俄羅斯)
simp. (俄罗斯)

Etymology

From Middle Mongolian ᠣᠷᠤᠰ (orus) / Орос (Oros, Russia), from Russian Росси́я (Rossíja, Russia).

Mongolian does 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)

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Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

俄羅斯 (Arasa) (hangeul 아라사)

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