Yakut
Americannoun
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Yakuts,
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Yakut
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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
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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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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 ● 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
In her case the aim was to win over Yakut women.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2019
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 George Kennan
The Yakuts employ the horse as a beast of burden, and are industrious, ingenious, and patient.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox
The main population in the forest belt consists of native nomad or hunting tribes, of which Samoyeds, Ostyaks, Tunguses, and Yakuts are the most numerous.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
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 Thomas Wallace Knox
Yakuts, tribe of the, 304. dialect of the, 305.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
The Yakuts think it bad manners to give a big piece of meat to a poor guest and a little piece to a rich one.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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