Yurt

//jɜːt// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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).

    "[T]heir [the Nogais'] cattle grazed on the Little Injik, only seven versts from the boundary line. In summer they kept them in the Black Mountains, and in winter at their auls. They lived in felt yurts, and often changed their place of abode."

  2. 2
    The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory. historical
  3. 3
    a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing wordnet

Synonyms

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gergerkibitkakibitkayurta

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"A yaranga is a spherical dwelling similar to a yurt."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian юрт (jurt), from a Turkic language in the sense of “one's native land”, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).

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central asia

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