yurt
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yurt¹
- /jɜːt/ UK
- /jɝːt/ US
- /jʊɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t, -ʊə(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
noun 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). [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.
yurt²
- /jɜːt/ UK
- /jɝːt/ US
- /jʊɹt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t, -ʊə(ɹ)t
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Russian юрт (jurt), from a Turkic language in the sense of “one's native land”, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
noun yurts
- The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.
Translations
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noun large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
| Español | yurta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유르트 yureuteu |
| 日本語 | 包 pao, ゲル geru, ユルト yuruto |
| 中文 | 穹廬 /穹庐 qiónglú, 蒙古包 Ménggǔ bāo, 氈帳 /毡帐 zhānzhàng, 氈包 /毡包 zhānbāo |
| हिन्दी | युर्त yurt, यर्ट yarṭ |
| Português | iurte, yurt, yurte, iurta |
| Français | yourte |
| Deutsch | Jurte |
| Italiano | yurta |
| Ελληνικά | γιουρτ giourt, γιούρτη gioúrti |
| Română | iurtă |
| Русский | ю́рта júrta |
| العربية | يُورْت yūrt |
| עברית | יוּרְט yurt |
Talk about this word "yurt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yurt. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. yurt. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yurt "yurt." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yurt.Cite this
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title = {yurt},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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