'yurt' is a Turkic word (don't confuse with Turkish), means "dwelling place", also commonly used for "home country" in languages like Uzbek. Yurt for the nomads was far more than just a place to sleep. Mongols I believe use a different word - 'ger'. Fun fact - Turkic languages were lingua franca of the Mongol Empire. Mongols perceived their language as "sacred" and wouldn't let non-mongols teach it freely. That could be one of the reasons why we have Turkic languages spread across the vast territory instead of Mongolic.
Just so you know, Turkic languages span an enormous landmass from Turkey in the west, across the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, China, parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Mongolia. This represents one of the largest continuous language family distributions on Earth - spanning roughly 13,000+ kilometers east-west across Eurasia.
Just so you know, Turkic languages span an enormous landmass from Turkey in the west, across the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, China, parts of Iran, Afghanistan and Mongolia. This represents one of the largest continuous language family distributions on Earth - spanning roughly 13,000+ kilometers east-west across Eurasia.