Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yardang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yardang
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.

Example Sentences

"My Chinese guide and I were standing in the Yardang National Geopark, on the border between Gansu Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China’s extreme northwest. The nearest town was Dunhuang, 110 miles to the southeast. Enormous yardangs — curving sandstone and mudstone strata carved by winds — towered over us. Others floated on the far horizon."

Etymology

From yardan, ablative of Turkish yar ("cliff", "precipice").

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: yar

Inflected Forms

yardangs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ventifact

Questions

What does yardang mean?: A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.
Where does yardang come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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