 Jigit

Jigit, in some Turkic languages also spelled as yigit, zhigit or igid, is a word of Turkic origin which is used in the Caucasus and Central Asia to describe a skillful and brave equestrian, or a brave person in general.The derived term jigitovka (or jigiting) means the special style of trick riding, which originated in the Turkic cultures of Caucasus and Central Asia, and is also popular with Russian Cossacks, who adopted it from the Circassians.