Where does “اولس” come from?

اولس (Pashto) comes from Mongolian улс, from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋, from Common Turkic uluš, from Proto-Turkic *üle- — to divide, distribute.

اولس (Pashto): nation, people

Definitions

  1. nation, people

Ancestry of “اولس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mongolianулсstate, country, nation, polity, commonwealth;...
2Classical Mongolianᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋—
3Common Turkiculušcountry; city; country, city
4Proto-Turkic*üle-to divide, distribute
Every word from Proto-Turkic *üle- →Every word from Common Turkic uluš →Every word from Classical Mongolian ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠋ →
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