ястан

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Mongolian

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Etymology

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Morphologically from яс (jas, bone; ancestry) +‎ -тан (-tan). Compare Buryat яһатан (jahatan); and also Kalmyk ясн (yasn), Tuvan сөөк (söök), Tofa сөөк (söök), Southern Altai сӧӧк (söök), Khakas сӧӧк, Shor сӧӧк (söök), Kyrgyz сөөк (söök).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ястан (jastan) (Mongolian spelling ᠶᠠᠰᠤᠲᠠᠨ (yasutan), definite plural ястнууд); (regular declension)

  1. tribe (social and ethnical)

Declension

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See also

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