yurt

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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العربيةيُورْت

Azərbaycan dilialaçıq

Българскиюрта

བོད་སྐད།སོག་གུར

Bosanskijurtaјурта

Catalàiurta

Češtinajurta

Ελληνικάγιούρτη

Esperantojurto

فارسیخیمه

Suomijurtta

Hrvatskijurtaјурта

Magyarjurta

Italianoyurta

日本語けるユルト包

한국어유르트

Кыргызчабоз үй

Монголгэрᠭᠡᠷ

Nederlandsjoertyurt

Polskijurta

Portuguêsiurtaiurteyurtyurte+ 1 more

Românăiurtă

Русскийюрта

Српскиjurtaјурта

Svenskajurta

Тоҷикӣхайма

Türkmençeak öýgara öý

Türkçeotağyurt

Українськаюрта

O'zbekchaoʻtov

Examples

“[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.”

“Gervasius and Borodijin rode on to reconnoitre. As my caravan entered the strip⟳ of pasture fringing the shore I saw⟳ my people in conversation with Sarts by a yurt at the north-east corner of the lake. They soon returned with the information that the whole neighbourhood, which included Kala Otlak and Bulag Bashi, was known as Dakherukta. There was no tura, but two or three miles off to the west there lived a wealthy Sart who was at the moment away from home attending a wedding at some friends of his. The festivities were taking place⟳ on the farther side of the northern mountains.”

“Who would have⟳ imagined that the circular, skin-covered, pole-framed tents used by Mongolian nomads would find⟳ another life in the Colorado backcountry? The Mongols might be surprised if they could see⟳ how their portable structures have⟳ been improved and put⟳ to use⟳ in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. […] About halfway to the [Neff Mountain] yurt, the trail makes an uphill switchback and passes the bottom of a big, open⟳ bowl.”

“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.”

“The principal dwelling of the nomadic Kazakhs, the circular, felt-covered yurt is a potent image of Kazakh culture. Few Kazakhs now live⟳ in yurts, although they are still used by some pastoralists who still move⟳ their herds into summer mountain pastures. […] But the imagery of the yurt remains central to Kazakh ethnic identity, and provides national cultural symbolism deployed by the authorities of independent Kazakhstan.”

“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.”

“When designing any building (including a yurt), one should consider⟳ the trade-off between letting in more light⟳ and heat in the winter and blocking the intense rays of the sun in the summer. […] The first few months during which we lived in our yurt saw⟳ the sun burning into our south and southwest facing windows. Our only solution was to use⟳ blinds, which left the yurt darkened. A more viable solution was a mirrored portable awning that was built into a scaffold sitting just outside the window.”

“A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake.”

“For centuries, the nomadic tribes of Central Asia used colorful textiles called suzanis as seating, prayer mats, bedding and dividers in their yurts – the traditional tents that were their homes.”

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