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yurt
[ yoort ]
noun
- 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
- 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.
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Why should it have, when I already knew Yurt so well—considered him, in fact, one of my closest friends?
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Yurt, after two years of living with us, still couldn't understand why we found this confusing.
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Nor does the Mongol till the soil; nothing is found growing near his yurt.
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"We were rather surprised ourselves," Yurt said complacently.
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Round the walls of the yurt were ranged one or two tables and chests of drawers.
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