yug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Archaic form of yuga (“any of the religious ages in Hinduism”).
name
  1. An extinct Yeniseian language of Russia.

Word forms

yug yugs Yugh

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ket Юг (Jùk ~ Jūk, “Yug person (term used for men)”), via Russian. Yug people's endonym was Yug Дьуʼк (Dʲuˀk).

Related words

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