Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yug

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
yug
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of yuga (“any of the religious ages in Hinduism”).

Archaic

noun

A Yeniseian people of central Siberia.

name

An extinct Yeniseian language of Russia.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ket Юг (Jùk ~ Jūk, “Yug person (term used for men)”), via Russian. Yug people's endonym was Yug Дьуʼк (Dʲuˀk).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

yugs (plural) Yugh (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yug terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yug terms

Questions

What does yug mean?
Archaic form of yuga (“any of the religious ages in Hinduism”).
Where does yug come from?
It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce yug

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