ястан

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Mongolian

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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

Noun

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

  1. tribe (social and ethnical)

Declension

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