yasak

Alternative forms

• iasak, yasaq

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ясак (jasak), from Turkic.

Noun

yasak (plural yasaks)

1. (historical) An in-kind tribute in Imperial Russia exacted from the indigenous peoples of Siberia, usually in fur.

Anagrams

• kayas

Noun

yasak

1. act or manner of destroying plants in a field or farm by trampling or passing through it

Adjective

yasák

1. crushed or destroyed by passers (referring to plants in a field or farm)

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar ясак (yasaq), Chagatai [script needed] (yasak, “tribute; decree, law”), Bashkir яһаҡ (yahaq, “historical tax in Russia”), Kazakh жасақ (jasaq). Related to Mongolian засаг (zasag, “rule, power; law”). The following are borrowed from Turkic: Middle Armenian ասախ (asax), Russian яса́к (jasák), Persian یاساق‎ (yâsâq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɑˈsɑk]

Adjective

yasak (comparative daha yasak, superlative en yasak)

1. forbidden

Noun

yasak (definite accusative yasağı, plural yasaklar)

1. prohibition, ban

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 267a
• Budagov, Lazarʹ (1871) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ turecko-tatarskix narěčij [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume II, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 329