Yurt

Quick meaning: Yurt is a noun meaning A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

Meaning

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

More Meanings

1. (historical) The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.

Example Sentences

A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake.

Northeast of the center's main group of yurts is a new neighbor—the Spruce Hole Yurt—operated by Cumbres Nordic Adventures. This yurt is easy to get to, affords scenic views, and serves up classic touring terrain.

I saw the first round white roofs of yurts, or gers as they are called in Mongolian. Yurt is Russian, and all that is Russian is now on the outer in Mongolia. If you said yurt, Mongolians looked at you as though you had uttered a dirty word.

[T]heir [the Nogais'] cattle grazed on the Little Injik, only seven versts from the boundary line. In summer they kept them in the Black Mountains, and in winter at their auls. They lived in felt yurts, and often changed their place of abode.

Word Forms

• yurts

Synonyms for yurt

Depending on context, synonyms include ger, kibitka.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tent, ust, yurta, yurting, tupik, chum.

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