yurt
pronunciation
How to pronounce yurt in British English:
UK [jɜːt]
How to pronounce yurt in American English:
US [jɜːrt]
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- Noun:
- a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
Word Origin
- yurt (n.)
- "house or hut of the natives of north and central Asia," 1784, ultimately from Russian yurta, from a Turkic language and originally meaning "home, dwelling."
Example
- 1. Herdsmen are rigging up a mongolian yurt as a new domicile .
- 2. Dior miss dior sunglasses dior 0126s sunglasses sunglasses yurt .
- 3. Conference reception yurt ( diameter : 12m )
- 4. The mongolian yurt they live is portable and easy to fold .
- 5. I can have a sound sleep in a yurt , or mongolian ger , after long hours of travelling .