یاغی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy; war”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰍𐰃 (y¹ǧi), Azerbaijani yağı, Chuvash ҫу (śu), Kazakh жау (jau), Kyrgyz жоо (joo), Tatar яу (yau), Turkmen ýagy, Uyghur ياۋ (yaw), Uzbek yov and Yakut сыа кар (sıa kar).
Noun
یاغی • (yağı)
- stranger, foreigner, alien
- enemy, foe, unfriend
- Synonym: دشمن (düşman)
Descendants
- Gagauz: yaa
- Turkish: yağı
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “yağı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5154
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “yağı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1226
Ushojo
Etymology
From Pashto یاغی (yāğī).
Noun
یاغی (yāğī)
- rebel, rebels, rebellious, disloyal