ястан

Mongolian

Etymology

Morphologically from яс (jas, bone; ancestry) + -тан (-tan). Compare Buryat яһатан (jahatan); and also Kalmyk ясн (yasn), Tuvan сөөк (söök), Tofa сөөк (söök), Southern Altai сӧӧк (söök), Khakas сӧӧк, Shor сӧӧк (söök), Kyrgyz сөөк (söök).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jästʰəŋ/

Noun

ястан (jastan) (Mongolian spelling ᠶᠠᠰᠤᠲᠠᠨ (yasutan), definite plural ястнууд); (regular declension)

  1. tribe (social and ethnical)

Declension

See also

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