Chuvash

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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йытӑ or йыт (jyt̬ă or jyt)

  1. dog

References

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  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

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  • йытӑ”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.