yurt

[ yoort ]
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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.

Origin of yurt

1
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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How to use yurt in a sentence

  • 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?

    Zen | Jerome Bixby
  • yurt, after two years of living with us, still couldn't understand why we found this confusing.

    Zen | Jerome Bixby
  • Nor does the Mongol till the soil; nothing is found growing near his yurt.

    A Wayfarer in China | Elizabeth Kendall
  • "We were rather surprised ourselves," yurt said complacently.

    Zen | Jerome Bixby
  • Round the walls of the yurt were ranged one or two tables and chests of drawers.

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British Dictionary definitions for yurt

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

Origin of yurt

1
from Russian yurta, of Turkic origin; compare Turkish yurt abode, home

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