Etymology

yasak

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Today it means: An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur. Full definition →

Russian ясак ← Turkic ← Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ
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  1. Middle Mongol · derived fromᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. Russian · borrowed fromясак
  4. English todayyasak

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

Words from the same roots

Middle Mongolᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ all →

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