Yakut

American  

[yuh-koot] / yəˈkut /

Also Sakha

noun

plural

Yakuts,

plural

Yakut

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

2. the Turkic language of the Yakut.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Yakut or their language.

Yakut British  

/ jæˈkʊt /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Sakha Republic, in Russia

2. 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”

Example Sentences

I watch on a screen in real time beside Yakut who is fixed in concentration flying a drone manually to a target, across open fields and woodland.

From BBC

They are Yakut, Indigenous people who live in northern Russia.

From New York Times

“It is named Dogor, which means ‘friend’ in the Yakut language and is also a clever play on the question ‘dog or wolf.’

From New York Times

The puppy has been named "Dogor", which means "friend" in the Yakut language and is also the start of the question "dog or wolf?"

From BBC

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