Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dzhigit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dzhig-it
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

noun

A brave man in general.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: джиги́т

Inflected Forms

dzhigits (plural) djigit (alternative) jigit (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dzhigitovka

Questions

What does dzhigit mean?
A skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Where does dzhigit come from?
It is traced to Russian.

How to pronounce dzhigit

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