an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia
A fermented drink made from mares milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes
koumiss
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() Via French koumis, German Kumiss, from Russian кумыс (kumýs), borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Tatar кымыз (kymyz), Kazakh қымыз (qımız), Turkish kımız.