Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *yïd. Compare Turkmen ys, Uyghur ھىد (hid), Uzbek is (smell, odor), Kumyk ийис (iyis), Southern Altai јыт (ǰït, smell), Kazakh иіс (iıs), Tatar ис (is, smell), Bashkir еҫ (yeś, smell), etc.

Noun

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жыт (jıt) (Arabic spelling جىت)

  1. smell