English Explanatory Dictionary

yasak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.

Word forms

yasak yasaks iasak yasaq

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ясак (jasak), from Turkic, from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasag)

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