ясак

From Turkic. Compare Tatar ясак (yasaq), Turkish yasak. Possibly distant cognate with есау́л (jesaúl).

• IPA^(key): [(j)ɪˈsak]

яса́к • (jasák) m inan (genitive яса́ка, nominative plural яса́ки, genitive plural яса́ков, relational adjective яса́чный)

1. (historical) yasak
2. (archaic) conventional sign, signal

• яса́чный (jasáčnyj)

• ? есау́л m anim (jesaúl)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ясак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ясак”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Cognate with Turkish yasak.

ясак • (yasaq)

1. in-kind tribute