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,(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Kazakh, Kyrgyz жигит (jigit), Nogai йигит (yigit), Karachay-Balkar джигит (cigit), Southern Altai јиит (ǰiit) or јигит (ǰigit), Tatar егет (yeget), 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