noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/jɜːt/
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General-American:/jɝːt/
General-American:/jʊɹt/
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)t
CMU ARPABET:Y UH1 R T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
Borrowed from Russian юрт (jurt), from a Turkic language in the sense of “one's native land”, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
Across languages
Translations
98 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Southern Altai:
айыл
(ayïl)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Arabic:
يُورْت
(yūrt)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Armenian:
յուրդի
(yurdi)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Asturian:
yurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Azerbaijani:
alaçıq
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Azerbaijani:
yurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Bashkir:
тирмә
(tirmə)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Basque:
yurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Belarusian:
ю́рта
(júrta)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Bulgarian:
юрта
(jurta)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Buryat:
гэр
(ger)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Catalan:
iurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Chinese Cantonese:
蒙古包
(mung4 gu2 baau1)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Chinese Mandarin:
穹廬 /穹庐
(qiónglú)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Chinese Mandarin:
蒙古包
(Ménggǔ bāo)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Chinese Mandarin:
氈帳 /毡帐
(zhānzhàng)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Chinese Mandarin:
氈包 /毡包
(zhānbāo)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Crimean Tatar:
yurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Czech:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Danish:
jurte
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Dutch:
joert
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Dutch:
yurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Esperanto:
jurto
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Esperanto:
gero
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Estonian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Finnish:
jurtta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
French:
yourte
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
West-Frisian:
joert
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Galician:
iurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Georgian:
იურტა
(iurṭa)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
German:
Jurte
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Greek:
γιουρτ
(giourt)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Greek:
γιούρτη
(gioúrti)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Hebrew:
יוּרְט
(yurt)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Hindi:
युर्त
(yurt)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Hindi:
यर्ट
(yarṭ)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Hungarian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Ido:
yurto
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Italian:
yurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Japanese:
包
(pao)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Japanese:
ゲル
(geru)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Japanese:
ユルト
(yuruto)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Kalmyk:
гер
(ger)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Kazakh:
киіз үй
(kiız üi)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Korean:
유르트
(yureuteu)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Kyrgyz:
боз үй
(boz üy)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Kyrgyz:
өргөө
(örgöö)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Latvian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Lithuanian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Macedonian:
јурта
(jurta)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Manchu:
ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ ᠪᠣᠣ
(monggo boo)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Mongolian:
гэр
(ger)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Mongolian:
ᠭᠡᠷ
(ger)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Navajo:
hooghan nímazí
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Navajo:
níbaal nímazí siʼą
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Nogai:
терме
(terme)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Norwegian Bokmål:
jurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Norwegian Nynorsk:
jurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Occitan:
iorta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Persian:
خیمه
(xeyme)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Polish:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Portuguese:
iurte
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Portuguese:
yurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Portuguese:
yurte
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Portuguese:
iurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Romanian:
iurtă
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Russian:
ю́рта
(júrta)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Serbo-Croatian:
јурт
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Serbo-Croatian:
ју̑рта
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Serbo-Croatian:
jurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Serbo-Croatian:
jȗrta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Slovak:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Slovene:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Lower Sorbian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Upper Sorbian:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Spanish:
yurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Swedish:
jurta
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Swedish:
jurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tajik:
юрт
(yurt)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tajik:
хонаи сиёҳ
(xona-yi siyoh)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tajik:
хайма
(xayma)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tamil:
யூர்ட்
(yūrṭ)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tatar:
тирмә
(tirmä)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Thai:
เยิร์ต
(yêrt)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tibetan:
སོག་གུར
(sog gur)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Turkish:
yurt
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Turkish:
otağ
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Ottoman Turkish:
آلاچق
(alaçık, alaçak)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Turkmen:
ak öý
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Turkmen:
gara öý
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Tuvan:
өг
(ög)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Ukrainian:
ю́рта
(júrta)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Urdu:
خیمه
(xeyma)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Uyghur:
كىگىز ئۆي
(kigiz öy)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Uzbek:
ўтов
(oʻtov)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Uzbek:
oʻtov
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
Yakut:
балаҕан
(balağan)
— large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof
