Yurt - Etymology and Synonyms

Etymology and Synonyms

  • Yurt - originally from a Turkic word referring to the imprint left in the ground by a moved yurt, and by extension, sometimes a person's homeland, kinsmen, or feudal appanage. The term came to be used in reference to the physical tent-like dwellings only in other languages. In modern Turkish the word "yurt" is used as the synonym of homeland or a dormitory. In Russian the structure is called "yurta" (юрта), whence the word came into English.
  • Jurta is what Hungarians whose origins are in Central Asia use for Yurt.
  • киіз үй (transliterated: kïiz üy) - the Kazakh word, and means "felt house".
  • боз үй (transliterated: boz üy) - the Kyrgyz term is meaning "grey house", because of the color of the felt.
  • ak öý and gara öý - In Turkmen the term is both literally "white house" and "black house", depending on its luxury and elegance.
  • гэр (transliterated: ger) - in Mongolian simply means "home".
  • "Kherga"/"Jirga" - Afghans call them .
  • "Kheymah" (خیمه) is the word for a yurt or a tent like dwelling in Pakistan, from the Urdu (and Persian) :خیمه In Persian yurt is called xeyme (خیمه), in Tajik the names are yurt, xona-i siyoh, xayma (юрт, хонаи сиёҳ, хайма).

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