түрмэ

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Yakut

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian тюрьма (tjurʹma), itself possibly from an older Turkic source (see the Russian entry for more).

Noun

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түрмэ (türme)

  1. (criminal law) prison
    Synonym: хаайыы (qaayıı)
    түүнүктээх түрмэtüünükteeq türmea musty prison (a common epithet for prison itself, cf. Eng. "the hole")
    түрмэ хаайыытаtürme qaayııtaprison sentence
    түрмэ хоһоtürme qohoprison cell