Kumyk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, mosque). Cognate with Tatar мәчет (mäçet), Karakalpak meshit, Bashkir мәсет (məset), Nogai мешит (meşit), Kyrgyz мечит (mecit), Kazakh мешіт (meşıt), Southern Altai мечет (mečet), Crimean Tatar mescit, Uzbek masjid, machit, Uyghur مەسچىد (meschid), Azerbaijani məscid, Turkmen metjit, Turkish mescit, etc.

Noun

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межит (mejit)

  1. mosque