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yakut

/jəˈkuːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
yakut
IPA
/jəˈkuːt/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.

name

The language of these people.

Etymology

From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saxa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Yakuts (plural)

Phrases

Yakut knife Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakut terms

Frequently Paired Words

Yakutia Wiktionary’s coverage of Yakut terms

Synonyms

Sakha yakut language

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce yakut?
The recorded pronunciation is /jəˈkuːt/.
What does yakut mean?
One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.
Where does yakut come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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