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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Yakut
First recorded in 1760–70; from Russian yakút, from Turkic saxa “edge, collar”
Example Sentences
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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
In her case the aim was to win over Yakut women.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2019
He therefore requested the Major not to be surprised if he should come home some day and find him in strong convulsions, singing "Yankee Doodle" in the Yakut language, and demanding his back pay!
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
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 Havelock Ellis
Indeed the very word Shaman is of Tungus origin, though current also amongst the Buryats and Yakuts.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Soon after the Yakuts saw a camel for the first time smallpox broke out amongst them.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
The Yakuts, however, are themselves excellent grooms, and, in general, kind and attentive to their animals.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
The same is the case with those of the Yakuts in Eastern Siberia, and these often have the floors also sunk 3 feet in the earth.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
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