Yakut
Meanings
noun
- One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.
name
- The language of these people.
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Etymology
From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).
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