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English
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A yurt inCentral Asiaphotographed bySergey Prokudin-Gorskybetween 1905 and 1915
A modern yurt inBaliny,Czech Republic
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key):/jɜːt/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
- (General American)IPA(key):/jɝːt/,/jʊɹt/
- Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)t,-ʊə(ɹ)t
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed fromFrenchyourteorGermanJurte,fromRussianю́рта(júrta,“yurt”),from aTurkiclanguage,[1][2]fromProto-Turkic*yūrt(“dwelling place”).
Noun
[edit]yurt(pluralyurts)
- A large, round,semi-permanenttentwithverticalwallsand aconicalroof,usually associated withCentral AsiaandMongolia(where it is known as ager).
- 1880,Henry H[oyle] Howorth,“The Nogais, Karakalpaks, and Siberian Tartars”, inHistory of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II. The So-called Tartars of Russia and Central Asia,part II, division II, London:Longmans, Green, and Co.,→OCLC,page1026:
- 1939,Wilhelm Filchner,“Issik Pakhta—The Sarts—Good-bye to Borodijin”, in E. O. Lorimer, transl.,A Scientist in Tartary: from the Hoang-ho to the Indus[3],London:Faber and Faber Limited,→OCLC,pages211–212:
- Gervasius and Borodijin rode on to reconnoitre. As my caravan entered the strip of pasture fringing the shore I saw my people in conversation with Sarts by ayurtat the north-east corner of the lake. They soon returned with the information that the whole neighbourhood, which included Kala Otlak and Bulag Bashi, was known as Dakherukta. There was notura,but two or three miles off to the west there lived a wealthy Sart who was at the moment away from home attending a wedding at some friends of his. The festivities were taking place on the farther side of the northern mountains.
- 1994February, Andrew Stiny, “Yurts of the San Juans: Ski and Camp in the Colorado/New Mexico High Country, Mongolian Style”, inBackpacker: The Magazine of Wilderness Travel,volume22,number129(1),Emmaus, Pa.:Rodale, Inc.,→ISSN,→OCLC,page70:
- Who would have imagined that the circular, skin-covered, pole-framed tents used by Mongolian nomads would find another life in the Colorado backcountry? The Mongols might be surprised if they could see how their portable structures have been improved and put to use in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.[…]About halfway to the [Neff Mountain]yurt,the trail makes an uphill switchback and passes the bottom of a big, open bowl.
- 2000,Brian Litz, “San Juan Mountains”, inColorado Hut to Hut. Volume 2: Southern Region,volume 2, Englewood, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers,→ISBN,page55:
- Northeast of the center's main group ofyurtsis a new neighbor—the Spruce HoleYurt—operated by Cumbres Nordic Adventures. Thisyurtis easy to get to, affords scenic views, and serves up classic touring terrain.
- 2008August,Paul Brummell,“Background Information”, inKazakhstan: The Bradt Travel Guide,Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire:Bradt Travel Guides,→ISBN,page17:
- The principal dwelling of the nomadic Kazakhs, the circular, felt-coveredyurtis a potent image of Kazakh culture. Few Kazakhs now live inyurts,although they are still used by some pastoralists who still move their herds into summer mountain pastures.[…]But the imagery of theyurtremains central to Kazakh ethnic identity, and provides national cultural symbolism deployed by the authorities of independent Kazakhstan.
- 2010,Lydia Laube,Slow Boat to Mongolia,Kent Town, South Australia:Wakefield Press,→ISBN:
- I saw the first round white roofs ofyurts,orgersas they are called in Mongolian.Yurtis Russian, and all that is Russian is now on the outer in Mongolia. If you saidyurt,Mongolians looked at you as though you had uttered a dirty word.
- 2013,Robert F. Lee,How to Build a (Semi) Solid Wall Yurt,[United States]:Published byCreateSpacefor Robert F. Lee,→ISBN,page71:
- When designing any building (including ayurt), one should consider the trade-off between letting in more light and heat in the winter and blocking the intense rays of the sun in the summer.[…]The first few months during which we lived in ouryurtsaw the sun burning into our south and southwest facing windows. Our only solution was to use blinds, which left theyurtdarkened. A more viable solution was a mirrored portable awning that was built into a scaffold sitting just outside the window.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
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Etymology 2
[edit]BorrowedfromRussianюрт(jurt),from aTurkiclanguage in the sense of “one's native land”, fromProto-Turkic*yūrt(“dwelling place”).
Noun
[edit]yurt(pluralyurts)
- (historical)Thenatural resourcesandarablelandover which aCossackstanitsahadexclusivecontrolin theirterritory.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^“yurt”,inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC,1995–present.
- ^“yurt”,inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster,1996–present.
Crimean Tatar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromProto-Turkic*yurt.Cognate toKumykюрт(yurt),etc.
Noun
[edit]yurt
References
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]yurtm(pluralyurts)
Synonyms
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]yurtm(pluralyurts)
- Alternative form ofiurte
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]InheritedfromOttoman Turkishیورت(yurt,“a place of habitation, settlement, home, tent, hut, house, an estate”),[1][2]fromProto-Turkic*yūrt(“dwelling place, home, camping site”).[3][4]CompareKarakhanidیُورْتْ(yurt,“remnants of a settlement or a camp site”),Old Turkic𐰖𐰆𐰺𐱃(y¹ur¹t¹).
Cognates
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yurt(definite accusativeyurdu,pluralyurtlar)
- A piece oflandon which a nationresidesand which forms itsculture;homeland.
- Synonym:vatan
- ata yurdu―homeland
- ana yurt―motherland
- One'shometownornativecountry.
- Synonym:memleket
- Astudentdormitory,adorm.
- öğrenci yurdu―dormitory
- Aninstitutionfor people in need of care; ashelteror anorphanage.
- yetiştirme yurdu―orphanage
- (rare)AtentnomadicTurkicandMongolicpeoples lived in; ayurt.
- (figuratively)land,domain,realm
- (figuratively)(of plants, animals)naturalhabitat
- (dialectal)The place whereYörüksstay over thesummerorwinter.
- (regional)Theeyeof aneedle.
- Synonym:yurdu
- (regional)yogurt
- (obsolete)Anestate,property.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | yurt | |
| Definite accusative | yurdu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | yurt | yurtlar |
| Definite accusative | yurdu | yurtları |
| Dative | yurda | yurtlara |
| Locative | yurtta | yurtlarda |
| Ablative | yurttan | yurtlardan |
| Genitive | yurdun | yurtların |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Redhouse, James W.(1890) “یورت”,inA Turkish and English Lexicon[1],Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian,page2212
- ^Kélékian, Diran(1911) “یورت”,inDictionnaire turc-français[2],Constantinople: Mihran,page1361
- ^Starostin, Sergei,Dybo, Anna,Mudrak, Oleg(2003) “*jūrt”,inEtymological dictionary of the Altaic languages(Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^Nişanyan, Sevan(2002–) “yurt”,inNişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “yurt”,inTurkish dictionaries,Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar(2007) “yurt²”,inÖtüken Türkçe Sözlük(in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat,page5388
Woiwurrung
[edit]Noun
[edit]yurt
References
[edit]- Barry J. Blake,Woiwurrung,inThe Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches(1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124
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