юг

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) south

Etymology
Traditionally explained as borrowing from Old Church Slavonic, compare 🇨🇬. However, self-innovation is also possible, compare the prosthetic /й/ in loanwords or in words that had no iotation in Church Slavonic: dialectal 'hoarfrost' from Finnish, use of a preposition  like /ю/ in some northern Russian dialects, and dialectal  in the presence of the Church Slavonic.

Noun

 * 1) south
 * 2) South — southern part of any region
 * 3)  southerly wind
 * 1)  southerly wind
 * 1)  southerly wind

Synonyms

 * (nautical)

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) brightness