yiğit
See also: Yiğit and yigit
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic [script needed] (yigit) [𐰘𐰃𐰏𐰃𐱅], from Proto-Turkic *jEgit, *jigit, likely equivalent to yeğ (“preferable, better, best”) + -it, perhaps an old plural suffix.Cognate with Azerbaijani igid, Bashkir егет (yeget), Crimean Tatar yiğit, Gagauz yit, Karaim iğit, Karakalpak jigit,Kazakh, Kyrgyz жигит (cigit), Nogai йигит (yigit), Karachay-Balkar джигит, Southern Altai јиит (ǰiit) or јигит (ǰigit), Tatar егет (eget), Uyghur يىگىت (yigit),Uzbek yigit, Shor чиңет etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jiɣit/, [ji.it], [jiːt]
Adjective
yiğit
- heroic
Noun
yiğit (definite accusative yiğiti, plural yiğitler)
- wight, brave one