Yakut

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(yä ko̵ot′, -ko̵̅o̅t′)

noun

  1. pl. Yakuts or Yakut a member of a people living in NE Siberia
  2. the Turkic language of this people

Origin: Yakut saxa < *čaqa < *yaqa, edge, border

See Yakut in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Yakut Yakut or Ya·kuts
  1. A member of a people inhabiting the region of the Lena River in eastern Siberia.
  2. The Turkic language of the Yakut.

Related Forms:

  • Ya·kutˈ adjective
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