yurt UK /jɜːt/US /jɝːt/ noun2 •A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).A yurt houses a Tajik family along the Karakal Lake. — 2016 •(historical) The natural resources and arable land over which a Cossack stanitsa had exclusive control in their territory. formsyurts