yurt
noun
- portable, bent wood-framed dwelling structure traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /jɜːt/ / /jɝːt/ / /jʊɹt/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian юрт (jurt), from a Turkic language in the sense of “one's native land”, from Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”).
- The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory.