Yakut
Americannoun
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a member of a Turkic-speaking people of the Lena River Valley and adjacent areas of eastern Siberia.
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the Turkic language of the Yakut.
adjective
noun
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a native or inhabitant of the Sakha Republic, in Russia
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the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
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Etymology
Origin of Yakut
First recorded in 1760–70; from Russian yakút, from Turkic saxa “edge, collar”
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Out of breath, we make it to the drone unit’s underground base beneath a ruined building, where we are introduced to two operators, Yakut and Petro.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
A couple of these accounts, the Turkish Minute digital news outlet reported Saturday, belonged to two of the country’s “key voices”: Muhammad Yakut, a Kurdish businessman and accused criminal, and Cevheri Güven, a journalist.
From Slate ● May 15, 2023
But though the characters speak the local Yakut language, what this film turns out to be is a carefully constructed parable that draws us into a made-up life as if it was the real thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2019
It was an $11 red, a 2017 Yakut from Kavaklidere, made largely of the little-known grapes okuzgozu and bogazkere, grown in the Eastern Anatolia and Aegean regions of Turkey.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
Their origin is unknown, but their language is said to resemble the Turkish or modern Osmanli so closely that a Constantinopolitan of the lower class could converse fairly well with a Yakut from the Lena.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
Just in the same way, among the Siberian Yakuts, according to Sieroshevski, during weddings and at the great festivals of the year, the usual oversight of maidens is largely removed.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock
He came back, however, the next day, and with his sailors, appeared unexpectedly among the Yakuts.
From Modern Saints and Seers by Marrett, Evan
For the Yakuts consider that there is nothing more sacred than human speech, nothing more admirable than an eloquent discourse.
From Modern Saints and Seers by Marrett, Evan
As many as forty thousand horses used to pass annually between the two points, nearly all of them owned and driven by Yakuts.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
I took one sledge, Nicolai another, and the Yakuts the third.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
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