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]
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Proper noun

Сиби́рь • (Sibírʹf 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)
  • English: Sibir
  • Ingrian: Siberi
  • Mongolian:
    Mongolian script: ᠰᠢᠪᠢᠷᠢ (sibiri)
    Cyrillic script: Сибирь (Sibirʹ)
  • Translingual: Sibiraea
  • Yakut: Сибиир (Sibiir), Сибирь (Sibir)