Buryat

[ boor-yaht, boor-ee-aht; Russian boo-ryaht ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the Republic of Buryatia, its people, or their language.

noun

, plural Bur·yats, (especially collectively) Bur·yat.

1. a member of any of the Mongol people in the Republic of Buryatia.
2. the Mongolian language of the Buryat.

Buryat

/ bʊəˈjɑːt; bʊərɪˈɑːt /

noun

1. a member of a Mongoloid people living chiefly in the Buryat Republic
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Mongolic branch of the Altaic family