кырт

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïr- (“to break, demolish; small; to scrape, shave”). Also compare кэрт (kert, “to chop, to hack, to cut”), as well as other cognates listed at Bashkir ҡырҡыу (qırqıw, “to cut, to trim”).

Verb

кырт • (kırt)

1. (transitive) to cut (hair), to shear (wool), to mow (grass)

   See synonyms at кырый (kırıy).

2. (transitive) to exterminate, to destroy

   See synonyms at кыай (kıay).