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yasak

yasak

English

Alternative forms

  • iasak, yasaq

Noun

yasak (plural yasaks)

  1. (historical) an in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur

Translations


Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar ясак (yasaq), Chagatai [script needed] (yasak, tribute; decree, law), Bashkir яһаҡ (yahaq), Kazakh ясақ (yasaq). Related to Mongolian засаг (zasag, rule, power; law). The following are borrowed from Turkic: Middle Armenian ասախ (asax), Russian яса́к (jasák), Persian یاساق (yâsâq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɑˈsɑk]

Adjective

yasak (comparative daha yasak, superlative en yasak)

  1. forbidden

Synonyms

Noun

yasak (definite accusative yasağı, plural yasaklar)

  1. prohibition, ban

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), ասախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 267a
  • Budagov, Lazarʹ (1871) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ turecko-tatarskix narěčij [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume II, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 329