yurt

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /jɜːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /jɝːt/, /jʊɹt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t, -ʊə(ɹ)t === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”). ==== Noun ==== yurt (plural yurts) 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). ===== Synonyms ===== ger (in Mongolia) kibitka ===== Derived terms ===== yurtlike ===== Translations ===== === 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”). ==== Noun ==== yurt (plural yurts) (historical) The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory. === See also === yurt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *yurt. Cognate to Kumyk юрт (yurt), etc. === Noun === yurt dwelling, yurt === References === https://web.archive.org/web/20250427110548/https://classes.ru/all-crtatar/dictionary-crtatar-russian-cyr-term-14327.htm == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English yurt. === Pronunciation === === Noun === yurt m (plural yurts, no diminutive) yurt ==== Synonyms ==== joert == Portuguese == === Noun === yurt m (plural yurts) alternative form of iurte == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یورت (yurt, “a place of habitation, settlement, home, tent, hut, house, an estate”), from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place, home, camping site”). Compare Karakhanid یُورْتْ (yurt, “remnants of a settlement or a camp site”), Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰺𐱃 (y¹ur¹t¹). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjuɾt/, [ˈjuɾ̞t̪] Hyphenation: yurt === Noun === yurt (definite accusative yurdu, plural yurtlar) A piece of land on which a nation resides and which forms its culture; homeland. Synonym: vatan ata yurdu ― homeland ana yurt ― motherland One's hometown or native country. Synonym: memleket A student dormitory, a dorm. öğrenci yurdu ― dormitory An institution for people in need of care; a shelter or an orphanage. yetiştirme yurdu ― orphanage (rare) A tent nomadic Turkic and Mongolic peoples lived in; a yurt. Near-synonym: alacık (figuratively) land, domain, realm (figuratively) (of plants, animals) natural habitat (dialectal) The place where Yörüks stay over the summer or winter. (regional) The eye of a needle. Synonym: yurdu (regional) yogurt (obsolete) An estate, property. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “yurt”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yurt²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5388 == Woiwurrung == === Noun === yurt jaw === References === Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The 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