yurt
Meanings
noun
- A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).
noun
- The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
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