noun
also bur·iat (ˈ)bu̇r|yät, |u̇rē|ät
( plural buryat or buryats also buriat or buriats )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Russian buryat, from Mongolian burijad
1.
a. : a Mongol people of eastern Siberia
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Buryat people