түрмэ

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тюрьма (tjurʹma), itself possibly from an older Turkic source (see the Russian entry for more).

Noun

түрмэ • (türme)

  1. (criminal law) prison
    Synonym: хаайыы (qaayıı)
    түүнүктээх түрмэ ― tüünükteeq türme ― a musty prison (a common epithet for prison itself, cf. Eng. "the hole")
    түрмэ хаайыыта ― türme qaayııta ― prison sentence
    түрмэ хоһо ― türme qoho ― prison cell
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