Yakut

See also: yakut

English

Etymology

From Russian яку́т (jakút), from Proto-Turkic *yaka (“collar; edge”). Related to Yakut саха (saxa) 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)

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

Proper noun

Yakut

The language of these people.

Synonyms

Sakha

Related terms

Yakutia

Translations

language

Abkhaz: аиакуыт (ajakʼwətʼ)
Afrikaans: jakoeties, sacha
Amharic: ሳቃኛ (saḳaña), ያኩትኛ (yakutña)
Arabic: اللغة الياقوتية‎ (al-luḡa al-yāqūtiya), الساخا‎ (al-sāxā)
Egyptian Arabic: الياقوتيه‎ (al-yāqūtiyah)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: ভাষা ইয়াকুট (bhaxa iakut)
Azerbaijani: saxa, yakut
Bashkir: саха (saxa)
Basque: sakhera, jakutera (eu)
Belarusian: якуцкі m (jakucki), якуцкая f (jakuckaja)
Breton: yakouteg
Bulgarian: якутски (jakutski)
Buryat: яхад хэлэн (jaxad xelen)
Catalan: iacut, sakhà
Chechen: якутийн (jakutiin)
Chinese:
Hakka: yakut-ngî, sakha-ngî
Mandarin: 雅庫特語／雅库特语 (Yǎkùtèyǔ)
Min Nan: yakut-gí
Chuvash: якут (jak̬ut)
Crimean Tatar: saha, yaqut
Czech: jakutština (cs) f, sacha, sašština
Dutch: jakoets
Erzya: якутонь (jakutonʹ)
Esperanto: jakuto
Estonian: jakuudi, sahha
Evenki: якутскай (jakutskaj), екэ̄ды (jekə̄di), ёко̄ды (jokōdi)
Farefare: yakutne, yakutre
Fiji Hindi: sakha
Finnish: jakuutti (fi)
French: yakoute (fr) m, iakoute (fr)
Gagauz: saha
Galician: iacut (gl), sakha
Georgian: იაკუტური (iaḳuṭuri), სახა (saxa)
German: Jakutisch (de) n
Greek: γιακουτική (el) (giakoutikí), σαχά (sachá), σακά (saká)
Hebrew: יָקוּטִית‎ (yakutit), סאחה‎ (sacha), יאקוט‎ (yakut), סאקה‎ (he) (saka)
Hindi: साख़ा (sāxā), याकुती (yākutī)
Indonesian: yakut (id)
Irish: sachais f
Italian: sacha (it), jacuta
Japanese: ヤクート語 (yakūto-go), サハ語 (ja) (saha-go)
Kazakh: саха (saxa), якут (äkut)
Komi-Permyak: саха (saxa), якут (jakut)
Komi-Zyrian: саха (saxa)
Korean: 야쿠트어 (Yakuteu-eo), 사하어 (saha'eo)
Kyrgyz: саха (saha)
Latin: iacutica
Latvian: jakutu
Lezgi: саха (saχa)
Lithuanian: jakutų
Macedonian: јакутски (jakutski), сахаски (sahaski)
Malay: Yakut, Sakha
Malayalam: യക്കുത്ത് (yakkuttŭ), സഖ (sakha)
Maori: hākuti
Marathi: साखा (sākhā), याकुत (yākut)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: якут (âkut)
Mazanderani: یاکوتی‎ (yâkuti), ساخا‎ (sâxâ)
Mongolian:
Modern Mongolian: ᠶᠠᠺᠦ᠋ᠲ (yaküt), ᠰᠠᡙᠠ᠋ (saᡙa)
Cyrillic: якут (jakut), саха (saxa)
North Frisian: jakutisk
Norwegian: jakutisk, sakha
Nynorsk: sakha, jakutisk
Occitan: iacot, sakha
Ossetian: якутаг (jakutag)
Pashto: ياکوتي‎ (yākuti), سخا‎ (ps) (saxā)
Persian: یاقوتی‎ (fa) (yâquti), ساخا‎ (sâxâ)
Piedmontese: yakut
Polish: jakucki (pl) m
Portuguese: iacuto (pt) m, sakha, yakut
Punjabi: ਜਾਕੁਤ (jākut), ਸਾਖਾ (sākhā)
Russian: яку́тский (ru) m (jakútskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: јакутски, саха
Latin: jakutski, saha
Spanish: yakuto (es) m, yakutio
Swedish: jakutiska (sv) c
Turkish: yakutça, sahaca
Uzbek: yoqut (uz), saxa
Western Panjabi: ساکھا‎ (pnb) (sākhā)
Yakut: саха тыла (saxa tıla), сахалыы (saxalıı)