Yurt

A yurt (from the Turkic languages) or ger (Mongolian) is a portable, round tent covered and insulated with skins or felt and traditionally used as a dwelling by several distinct nomadic groups in the steppes and mountains of Inner Asia. The structure consists of a flexible angled assembly or latticework of wood or bamboo for walls, a door frame, ribs (poles, rafters), and a wheel (crown, compression ring) possibly steam-bent as a roof. The roof structure is sometimes self-supporting, but large yurts may have interior posts supporting the crown. The top of the wall of self-supporting yurts is prevented from spreading by means of a tension band which opposes the force of the roof ribs. Yurts take between 30 minutes and 3 hours to set up or take down, and are generally used by between five and 15 people. Nomadic farming with yurts as housing has been the primary life style in Central Asia, particularly Mongolia, for thousands of years. Modern yurts may be permanently built on a wooden or concrete platform; they may use modern materials such as metal framing, plastics, plexiglass dome, or radiant insulation. Old Turkic yurt "tent, dwelling, abode, range" may have been derived from the Old Turkic word ur - verb with the suffix +Ut. In modern Turkish and Uzbek, the word "yurt" is used as the synonym of "homeland" or a "dormitory", while in modern Azerbaijani, "yurd" mainly signifies "homeland" or "motherland". In Russian, the structure is called "yurta" (юрта), whence the word came into English. alaçıq/alaçık/alasıq – in use in Azerbaijani, Turkish and Bashkir languages. гэр (transliterated: ger, ˈɡɛr) – in Mongolian simply means "home". тирмә (transliterated: tirmä) is the Bashkir term for yurt. киіз үй (transliterated: kiız üi, kɪjɪz ʏj) – the Kazakh word, and means "felt house". боз үй (transliterated: boz üy, bɔz yj) – the Kyrgyz term is meaning "grey house", because of the color of the felt. ak öý (ɑq œj, "white house") and gara öý (ʁɑˈɾɑ œj, "black house") – in the Turkmen language, which term is used depends on its luxury and elegance.