Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yasak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yasak
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ясак (jasak), from Turkic, from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (ǰasaɣ)

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: ясак, ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ

Inflected Forms

yasaks (plural) iasak (alternative) yasaq (alternative)

Questions

What does yasak mean?: An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.
Where does yasak come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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