yurt

English

/jɜːt/, /jɝːt/

noun

Definitions

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).

Etymology

Borrowed from French yourte borrowed from German Jurte derived from Russian ю́рта (yurt).

Origin

Russian

ю́рта

Gloss

yurt

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

yurting English
yurtlike English
Jurte German
jurta Hungarian
yourte French
yurt French
ю́рта Russian
yurta Spanish, Castilian
jurta Swedish
jurto Esperanto
jurta Serbo-Croatian
yurt Turkish
yurtsever Turkish
yurtsuz Turkish
*jūrt Proto-Turkic