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

  1. heroic

Noun

yiğit (definite accusative yiğiti, plural yiğitler)

  1. wight, brave one
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