yurt en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /jɝːt/ (General-American)
- /jɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /jʊɹt/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
Meanings
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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).
For centuries, the nomadic tribes of Central Asia used colorful textiles called suzanis as seating, prayer mats, bedding and dividers in their yurts – the traditional tents that were their homes.
2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business:Who would have imagined that the circular, skin-covered, pole-framed tents used by Mongolian nomads would find another life in the Colorado backcountry? The Mongols might be surprised if they could see how their portable structures have been improved and put to use in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. […] About halfway to the [Neff Mountain] yurt, the trail makes an uphill switchback and passes the bottom of a big, open bowl.
1994 February, Andrew Stiny, “Yurts of the San Juans: Ski and Camp in the Colorado/New Mexico High Country, Mongolian Style”, in Backpacker: The Magazine of Wilderness Travel, volume 22, number 129(1), Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 70:[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.
1880, Henry H[oyle] Howorth, “The Nogais, Karakalpaks, and Siberian Tartars”, in History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. Part II. The So-called Tartars of Russia and Central Asia, part II, division II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 1026:When designing any building (including a yurt), one should consider the trade-off between letting in more light and heat in the winter and blocking the intense rays of the sun in the summer. […] The first few months during which we lived in our yurt saw the sun burning into our south and southwest facing windows. Our only solution was to use blinds, which left the yurt darkened. A more viable solution was a mirrored portable awning that was built into a scaffold sitting just outside the window.
2013, Robert F. Lee, How to Build a (Semi) Solid Wall Yurt, [United States]: Published by CreateSpace for Robert F. Lee, →ISBN, page 71:I saw the first round white roofs of yurts, or gers as they are called in Mongolian. Yurt is Russian, and all that is Russian is now on the outer in Mongolia. If you said yurt, Mongolians looked at you as though you had uttered a dirty word.
2010, Lydia Laube, Slow Boat to Mongolia, Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, →ISBN:Northeast of the center's main group of yurts is a new neighbor—the Spruce Hole Yurt—operated by Cumbres Nordic Adventures. This yurt is easy to get to, affords scenic views, and serves up classic touring terrain.
2000, Brian Litz, “San Juan Mountains”, in Colorado Hut to Hut. Volume 2: Southern Region, volume 2, Englewood, Colo.: Westcliffe Publishers, →ISBN, page 55:Gervasius and Borodijin rode on to reconnoitre. As my caravan entered the strip of pasture fringing the shore I saw my people in conversation with Sarts by a yurt at the north-east corner of the lake. They soon returned with the information that the whole neighbourhood, which included Kala Otlak and Bulag Bashi, was known as Dakherukta. There was no tura, but two or three miles off to the west there lived a wealthy Sart who was at the moment away from home attending a wedding at some friends of his. The festivities were taking place on the farther side of the northern mountains.
1939, Wilhelm Filchner, “Issik Pakhta—The Sarts—Good-bye to Borodijin”, in E. O. Lorimer, transl., A Scientist in Tartary: from the Hoang-ho to the Indus, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC, pages 211–212:A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake.
2016 September 25, “Xinjiang – is this really China?”, in CNN, page 2:The principal dwelling of the nomadic Kazakhs, the circular, felt-covered yurt is a potent image of Kazakh culture. Few Kazakhs now live in yurts, although they are still used by some pastoralists who still move their herds into summer mountain pastures. […] But the imagery of the yurt remains central to Kazakh ethnic identity, and provides national cultural symbolism deployed by the authorities of independent Kazakhstan.
2008 August, Paul Brummell, “Background Information”, in Kazakhstan: The Bradt Travel Guide, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire: Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 17:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| yurts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (99)
sq jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tk gara öý (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · fr yourte (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · el γιούρτη (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · da jurte (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ky боз үй (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · uz oʻtov (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sh jurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ja ゲル (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nb jurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · az yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sl jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · mn ᠭᠡᠷ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tk ak öý (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tg хонаи сиёҳ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sjo ᠮᠣᡢᡤᠣ ᠪᠣᠣ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sh јурт (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · hi यर्ट (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tr yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ru ю́рта (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · fa خیمه (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sk jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · hu jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ta யூர்ட் (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · uz ўтов (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · bo སོག་གུར (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · yue 蒙古包 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sv jurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · de Jurte (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ky өргөө (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · cmn 氈帳 /毡帐 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · pt iurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nv hooghan nímazí (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tt тирмә (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · pl jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · az alaçıq (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · uk ю́рта (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · gl iurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ja ユルト (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · pt iurte (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · be ю́рта (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · es yurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · mk јурта (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · eo jurto (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nn jurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · et jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ba тирмә (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · cmn 蒙古包 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · mnc ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ ᠪᠣᠣ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · fi jurtta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sh jȗrta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ar يُورْت (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · alt айыл (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · lt jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · eo gero (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ro iurtă (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · it yurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ka იურტა (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · xal гер (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · bua гэр (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ca iurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ja 包 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · dsb jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nl joert (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · he יוּרְט (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · bg юрта (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nl yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · cmn 穹廬 /穹庐 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sah балаҕан (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · oc iorta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · pt yurte (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ug كىگىز ئۆي (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ota آلاچق (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · hi युर्त (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · lv jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · io yurto (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tg хайма (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · hsb jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · pt yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ast yurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · mn гэр (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ko 유르트 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · el γιουρτ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tyv өг (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sv jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · sh ју̑рта (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · eu yurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · cmn 氈包 /毡包 (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · kk киіз үй (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · ur خیمه (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nog терме (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tr otağ (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · nv níbaal nímazí siʼą (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · fy joert (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · hy յուրդի (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · tg юрт (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · th เยิร์ต (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · cs jurta (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof) · crh yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)