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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.
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Origin:
1885–90; < Russ yurt < Turkic; cf. Turk yurt home, fatherland, with cognates meaning “abode, dwelling” in all branches of Turkic
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yurt   (yûrt)   
n.  A circular, domed, portable tent used by nomadic peoples of central Asia.

[Russian yurta, of Turkic origin.]
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