йытӑ

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ï̄t (“dog”).[1]

Cognate with Khalaj ît, Azerbaijani it, Uzbek it, Bashkir эт (et) and Yakut ыт (ıt).

Noun

йытӑ or йыт • (jyt̬ă or jyt)

  1. dog

References
  1. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “йытӑ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 83

Further reading
  • “йытӑ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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