Yakut

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Yakut

  • /jəˈkuːt/
  • /jəˈkʊt/

Rhymes with -uːt, -ʊt

Where it comes from

From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).

noun Yakuts · Yakut

  1. One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.

proper noun

  1. The language of these people.

    Similar: Sakha

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noun people

Españolyakuto, yakutio
中文雅庫特人 /雅库特人 Yǎkùtè rén
FrançaisYakoute
Русскийяку́т jakút

name language

Españolyakuto, yakutio
한국어야쿠트어 Yakuteu-eo, 사하어 saha'eo
日本語ヤクート語 yakūto-go, サハ語 saha-go
中文雅庫特語 /雅库特语 Yǎkùtèyǔ, 薩哈語 /萨哈语 Sàhā yǔ
हिन्दीसाख़ा sāxā, याकुती yākutī
Portuguêsiacuto, sakha, yakut
Françaisyakoute, iakoute
DeutschJakutisch
Italianosacha, jacuta
Ελληνικάγιακουτική giakoutikí, σαχά sachá, σακά saká
Русскийяку́тский jakútskij
العربيةاللغة الياقوتية al-luḡa al-yāqūtiya, الساخا al-sāxā
עבריתיָקוּטִית yakutit, סאחה sacha, יאקוט yakut, סאקה saka

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@misc{yakut_2026,
  title = {Yakut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yakut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}