Etymology

dzhigit

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Today it means: A skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Full definition →

Turkic ← Russian джиги́т
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromджиги́т
  2. Turkic · derived from
  3. English todaydzhigit

From Turkic languages (compare Nogai йигит (yigit), Tatar егет (yeget, “young male”)), via Russian джиги́т (džigít).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.