Сибирь

Buryat

Etymology

Recorded in Classical Mongolian as ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠷᠢ (sibiri) and ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠢᠷᠢ (sibiiri).

Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь f (Sibírʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈbiːrʲ/, [sʰʲɪ.bʲiːrʲ]
  • Hyphenation: Си‧бирь

Proper noun

Сибирь • (Sibirʹ)

  1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)
    Зүүн СибирьZüün SibirʹEast Siberia

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сиби́рь f (Sibírʹ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Сибирь • (Sibirʹ) (Mongolian spelling ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠷᠢ)

  1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Russian

Etymology

Derived from the name of the Siberian Tatar tribe себер, from earlier сыбыр, meaning locals (where ыр = men, nation, people; сибэ = alluvial deposit, throw to the ground; literally, "scattered [living] here people").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Сиби́рь • (Sibírʹ) f inan (genitive Сиби́ри, nominative plural Сиби́ри, genitive plural Сиби́рей, relational adjective сиби́рский) (usually uncountable)

  1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Ural Mountains; the southern border of this area may be not the same as the modern borders of the Russian Federation, especially if this term is used in a historical or dated context)
  2. Siberia (the Asian part of Russia not including the Russian Far East)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: Սիբիր (Sibir)
  • Buryat: Сибирь (Sibirʹ)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠷᠢ (sibiri), ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠢᠷᠢ (sibiiri)
  • Ingrian: Siberi
  • Mongolian:
    Mongolian script: ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠷᠢ (sibiri)
    Cyrillic script: Сибирь (Sibirʹ)
  • Yakut: Сибиир (Sibiir), Сибирь (Sibir)
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