чурт

Northern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yūrt (“dwelling place”). Cognate to Tuvan чурт (çurt), etc.

Noun

чурт • (čurt)

1. home

References

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “чурт”, in Severnyje dialekty Altajskovo (Ojrotskovo Jazyka- Dialekt kumandincev(Kumandin Kiži) [Northern Dialect of Altai -Kumandin Dialect(Kumandin kiži)], Moskva: glavnaja redakcija vostočnoja literatury, →ISBN

Tuvan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *jūrt (“dwelling place”). Cognate with Turkish yurt (“homeland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃu̞̰rt]
• Hyphenation: чурт

Noun

чурт • (çurt) (definite accusative чуртту, plural чурттар)

1. country, land

   Ол медээ бүгү чуртка тарай хона берген. ― Ol medee bügü çurtka taray xona bergen. ― The information started to spread to the entire country.

Derived terms

• чурттаар (çurttaar)

See also

• чер (çer)
• делегей (delegey)