Yug

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of yuga (“any of the religious ages in Hinduism”). alt-of, archaic
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An extinct Yeniseian language of Russia.

Etymology

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

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