Yakut

[ yuh-koot ]

/ yəˈkut /

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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.

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Also Sa·kha [suh-khah] /səˈxɑ/ .

Origin of Yakut

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

Words nearby Yakut

Yakima, yakitori, yakka, yakow, yaksha, Yakut, Yakut Autonomous Republic, Yakutsk, yakuza, Yale, Yale lock

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How to use Yakut in a sentence

Earlier this summer, photographer Alexey Vasilyev, a member of the Yakut ethnic group that comprises a large part of Yakutia’s population, set out to document efforts by firefighters and locals to battle those blazes.
Villagers in Siberia, Facing Wildfires and a Warming Climate, Battle to Protect their Homes|Alejandro de la Garza|August 26, 2021|Time
The Yakut dress is made in the same way, but usually of horse or cow hide.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831|Various
The flour magazines are large, and well supplied by Yakut convoys, which constantly arrive and discharge their loads there.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831|Various
In the next century the Arabian geographer, Yakut, describes it as deserted.
Archology and the Bible|George A. Barton

Few even of the most artful Russians are able to deceive a Yakut of the woods.
The Human Race|Louis Figuier
There was deep silence in the room,—a rather unusual thing in a place where several Yakut people are together.
Tales by Polish Authors|Various

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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