yasak

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yasak

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Borrowed from Russian ясак (jasak), from Turkic, from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasaɣ). Doublet of jasagh.

noun yasaks · iasak · yasaq

historical An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.

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noun tribute

Русский	яса́к jasák

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@misc{yasak_2026,
  title = {yasak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yasak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}