Chuvash

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Etymology

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Possibly from Eastern Mari пӧрт (pört). Alternatively related to Yakut бырт (bırt, wellbeing, wealth).

Noun

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пӳрт (pürt) (plural пӳртсем) 

  1. house
    Synonym: ҫурт (śurt)
  2. izba, (peasant's) log hut, cottage

References

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  • пӳрт”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
  • Jakob, A. (2023) “Loanwords into other Uralic languages”, in A history of East Baltic through language contact[2], page 234