The word yurt (or yurta, e.g., in Russian) is originally from the Turkic word meaning "dwelling place" in the sense of "homeland"; the term came to be used in reference to the physical structures only in other languages, such as Russian and English. In Kazakh the term for the structure is kiyiz üy (киіз үй—lit. "felt home") and in Mongolian they're called gers (гэр). In Russian, a yurt is called "yurta" (юрта), and there is an obsolete term "kibitka" (кибитка). Afghans call them "Kherga" or "ooee". In classic forms of the Gaelic, a yurt is called an "elaine" or, in the common dialectic, a "higgins".
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