Yakut

noun

Ya·​kut

yəˈküt

plural Yakut or Yakuts

1

a

: a Turkic people of northeastern Siberia living mainly in the Lena river basin and practicing herding, crafts, and trading and in the south some agriculture

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Turkic language of the Yakut people

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