different between yurt vs curt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French yourte or German Jurte, from Russian ????? (júrta, “yurt”), from a Turkic language, related to Turkish yurt (“home, homeland”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /j??t/, /j??t/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t

Noun

yurt (plural yurts)

1. A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

Synonyms

• ger (in Mongolia)
• kibitka

Derived terms

• yurtlike

Translations

See also

• yurt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Portuguese

Noun

yurt f (plural yurts)

1. Alternative form of iurte

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (yurt), from Proto-Turkic *y?rt (“dwelling place, home”). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (yurt).

Noun

yurt (definite accusative yurdu, plural yurtlar)

1. native country, homeland
2. home
3. student dormitory, hostel
4. yurt (tent)

Declension

Derived terms

• yurtsuz
• yurtsuzluk
• yurtluk

References

• yurt in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Woiwurrung

Noun

yurt

1. jaw

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124

English

Etymology

From the Latin curtus (“shortened”). Cognate with German kurz, Galician corto, Italian corto, Portuguese curto, and Spanish corto. Doublet of short.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Homophone: Kurt

Adjective

curt (comparative curter, superlative curtest)

1. Brief or terse, especially to the point of being rude.

   Synonym: brusque
2. Short or concise.

Translations

Verb

curt (third-person singular simple present curts, present participle curting, simple past and past participle curted)

1. (obsolete, rare) To cut, cut short, shorten.
   • 1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes

     Curting thy life, hee takes thy Card away.

Derived terms

• curtly
• curtness
• curtail

Related terms

• shirt
• short
• skirt

References

• An historical dictionary

Anagrams

• crut

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ku?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?kurt/
• Homophone: kurd

Adjective

curt (feminine curta, masculine plural curts, feminine plural curtes)

1. short

   Antonym: llarg

Derived terms

Further reading

• “curt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “curt” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “curt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “curt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

curt m (feminine curte, masculine plural curts, feminine plural curtis)

1. short

Related terms

• scurtâ

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin curtus.

Adjective

curt m (feminine singular curta, masculine plural cursc, feminine plural curtes)

1. brief, short

Related terms

• scurter

Old French

Noun

curt f (oblique plural curz or curtz, nominative singular curt, nominative plural curz or curtz)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of cort