yurt
A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually…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).
» I lived in a yurt while I was building my house.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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).
Jurte
ю́ртаjúrta
ю́ртаjúrta
(historical)The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.
- a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
Examples
18 sentencesI lived in a yurt while I was building my house.
Tom lives in a yurt.
My home is a yurt.
The family lives in a yurt.
ruСемья живёт в юрте.
deDie Familie wohnt in einer Jurte.
The old woman lives in a yurt.
ruСтаруха живёт в юрте.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a TuBorrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
Borrowed from Russian юрт (jurt), from a Turkic language in the sense of “one's native land”, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
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