Talk:Jigit

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Did you know... that Dzhigit is a reference to a skillful and brave equestrian in the Caucasus, and the derived term "Dzhigitovka" means the special style of trick riding, which originated in the Caucasus and Central Asia, and is also popular with Russian Cossacks?

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You totally miss the word origin

First of all "Jigitovka" is obviously a Russian word that is derivative from the word "Jigit".

On the second thought, the word is originated from turkic languages in which the word "Jigit" just means "a young fellow" or "a lad" try google translate "a lad"

from English to Kazakh https://translate.google.com/?sl=de&tl=kk&text=%22a%20lad%22&op=translate

from English to Kyrgyz https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=ky&text=%22a%20lad%22&op=translate

from English to Tatar https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=tt&text=%22a%20lad%22&op=translate

from English to Ozbek https://translate.google.com/?sl=en&tl=uz&text=%22a%20lad%22&op=translate

take additionally Yandex translate

from English to Bashkir https://translate.yandex.ru/?lang=en-ba&text=a%20lad

from English to Chuvash https://translate.yandex.ru/?lang=en-cv&text=a%20lad