Etymology

yurt

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

French yourte ← German Jurte ← Russian ю́рта
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yurt · noun1

  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*yūrt“dwelling place”
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. Russian · derived fromю́рта“yurt”
  4. German · borrowed fromJurte
  5. French · borrowed fromyourte
  6. English todayyurt

Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).

yurt · noun2

  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*yūrt“dwelling place”
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. Russian · borrowed fromюрт
  4. English todayyurt

Borrowed from Russian юрт (jurt), from a Turkic language in the sense of “one's native land”, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.