Where does the name “yurt” come from?
Scholar Peter Alford Andrews explains it this way: The word yurt is misleading: most Westerners use it in the belief that it is a native term for the trellis tent when it is not…The Russian original, yurta, is a misapplication of the Turkic yurt meaning ‘territory’ or ‘camp site,’ but never ‘tent.’…The real Turkic names for the tent, ev, öy, or üy simply mean ‘dwelling,’ just as Mongolian ger does. Andrews, Nomad Tent Types in the Middle East, p.
