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yurt

[ yoort ]

noun

  1. a tentlike dwelling of the Mongol and Turkic peoples of central Asia, consisting of a cylindrical wall of poles in a lattice arrangement with a conical roof of poles, both covered by felt or skins.


yurt

/ jʊət /

noun

  1. a circular tent consisting of a framework of poles covered with felt or skins, used by Mongolian and Turkic nomads of E and central Asia


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Word History and Origins

Origin of yurt1

First recorded in 1885–90; from Russian yurt, from Turkic; compare Turkish yurt “home, fatherland,” with cognates meaning “abode, dwelling” in all branches of Turkic

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Word History and Origins

Origin of yurt1

from Russian yurta, of Turkic origin; compare Turkish yurt abode, home

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Example Sentences

Her route is well planned, yet somewhere—on the streets of Tehran, in a yurt in Turkmenistan—Lin-Liu loses her way.

Why should it have, when I already knew Yurt so well—considered him, in fact, one of my closest friends?

Yurt, after two years of living with us, still couldn't understand why we found this confusing.

Nor does the Mongol till the soil; nothing is found growing near his yurt.

"We were rather surprised ourselves," Yurt said complacently.

Round the walls of the yurt were ranged one or two tables and chests of drawers.

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