Yakut

[ yuh-koot ]

noun,plural Ya·kuts, (especially collectively) Ya·kut for 1.

a member of a Turkic-speaking people of the Lena River Valley and adjacent areas of eastern Siberia.
the Turkic language of the Yakut.

adjective

of or relating to the Yakut or their language.

Origin of Yakut

First recorded in 1760–70; from Russian yakút, from Turkic saxa “edge, collar”

Also Sa·kha [suh-khah] /səˈxɑ/ .

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How to use Yakut in a sentence

It was sixteen feet long, and the flesh was so well preserved that the Yakuts used it as food for their dogs.
Mythical Monsters | Charles Gould
The Yakuts formerly had a similar custom, the old man begging his children to dispatch him.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
Near these natives there were several Yakuts and Tunguze, with physiognomies unlike the others.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life | Thomas Wallace Knox
The Ostiaks regard endogamy (marriage within the clan) as a crime, as do the Yakuts of Siberia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 | Various
I saw a few Yakuts with the narrow eyes of the Tunguze and their clothing of deerskin.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life | Thomas Wallace Knox

British Dictionary definitions for Yakut

Yakut

/ (jæˈkʊt) /

noun

plural -kuts or -kut a native or inhabitant of the Sakha Republic, in Russia
the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

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