Дьокуускай

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Russian Ꙗ҆́кꙋцкои҆ m (Ja҆́kuckoi҆), ellipsis of Ꙗ҆́кꙋцкои҆ острогъ (Ja҆́kuckoi҆ ostrog, “Yakutsk Fort”), see Russian якут (jakut) for further etymology.

For similar cases of town names derived from Russian adjectives, cf. Finnish Petroskoi (“Petrozavodsk”), Finnish Seuloskoi (“Vsevolozhsk”), Estonian Paldiski.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟ͡ʝɔ.kuːs.kɑ̽j]
• Hyphenation: Дьо‧куу‧скай

Proper noun

Дьокуускай • (Jokuuskay)

1. Yakutsk (the capital city of Yakutia, Russia)

   Дьокуускай куората ― Jokuuskay kuorata ― the City of Yakutsk (municipal district consisting of Yakutsk and its neighbouring villages)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• Туймаада (Tuymaada, “river valley on the left bank of the Lena River, where the city is located”)
• Саха сирэ (Saqa sire, “Yakutia”)