Yakut

See also: yakut

English

Etymology

From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saqa) via earlier *čaqa < *ǰaqa. Compare Turkish yaka (“collar”). The ending -ут possibly contains the Mongol plural suffix; compare Buryat яхад (jaxad, “Yakuts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jəˈkuːt/, /jəˈkʊt/

Noun

Yakut (plural Yakuts or Yakut)

1. One of a Siberian people who speak a Turkic language, and live in the Lena river basin.

Proper noun

Yakut

1. The language of these people.

Synonyms

• Sakha

Related terms

• Yakutia

Translations

language

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Assamese: ভাষা ইয়াকুট (bhaxa iakut)
• Buryat: яхад хэлэн (jaxad xelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雅庫特語／雅库特语 (yǎkùtèyǔ), 雅库特语 (Yǎkùtèyǔ)

• Czech: jakutština (cs) f
• Dutch: Jakoets (nl)
• Esperanto: jakuto
• Evenki: якутскай (jakutskaj), екэ̄ды (jekə̄di), ёко̄ды (jokōdi)
• Farefare: yakutne, yakutre
• Finnish: jakuutti (fi)
• French: yakoute (fr) m
• Georgian: იაკუტური (iaḳuṭuri), სახა (saxa)
• German: Jakutisch (de) n
• Hebrew: יָקוּטִית
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• Irish: Sachais f
• Japanese: ヤクート語 (Yakūto-go)
• Korean: 야쿠트어 (Yakuteu-eo)
• Mongolian:

  Modern Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠺᠦ᠋ᠲ
  ᠬᠡᠯᠡ (yaküt kele)

  Cyrillic: якут хэл (jakut xel)

• Norwegian: jakutisk
• Polish: jakucki (pl) m
• Portuguese: iacuto (pt) m
• Russian: яку́тский (ru) m (jakútskij)
• Spanish: yakuto (es) m
• Swedish: jakutiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Yakutça (tr), Sahaca (tr)
• Yakut: саха тыла (saqa tıla), сахалыы (saqalıı)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Yakut terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code sah (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Yakut, sah ⁠