yiğit

Εννοια (English)

Adj

heroic

Noun

wight, brave one

Synonyms

cesur

kahraman

🦸‍♂️

yürekli

gözü pek

mert

♂️

er

atlı

delikanlı

genç

yılmaz

alp

bahadır

yıirekll

atılgan

erkekçe

güçlü

kabadayı

pervasız

sarsılmaz

maskulen

parlayıveren

arslan yürekli

atak

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/jiɣit/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Οθωμανικά Τουρκικά: یگیت

Cognate with Old Turkish:

Cognate with Αζερμπαϊτζανικά: igid

Cognate with Μπασκίρ: егет

Cognate with Τουρκικά Κριμαίας: yiğit

Cognate with Γκαγκάουζ: yit

Cognate with Karaim: iğit

Cognate with Κάρα-Καλπάκ: jigit

Cognate with Καζακικά: жігіт

Cognate with Κιργιζικά: жигит

Cognate with Νογκάι: йигит

Cognate with Καρατσάι-Μπαλκάρ: джигит

Cognate with Νότια Αλτάι: јиит

Cognate with Ταταρικά: егет

Cognate with Ουιγουρικά: يىگىت

Cognate with Ουζμπεκικά: yigit

Cognate with Shor: чиңет

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish یگیت (yigit), from Proto-Turkic *yegit, *yigit, likely equivalent to yeğ (“preferable, better, best”) + -it, perhaps an old plural suffix.
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yigit), Azerbaijani igid, Bashkir егет (yeget), Crimean Tatar yigit, Gagauz iit, Karaim igit, Karakalpak jigit, Kazakh жігіт (jıgıt), Kyrgyz жигит (jigit), Nogai йигит (yigit), Karachay-Balkar джигит (cigit), Southern Altai јиит (ǰiit), јигит (ǰigit), Tatar егет (yeget), Uyghur يىگىت (yigit),
Uzbek yigit, Shor чиңет (čiŋet), Khakas чиит (çiit) etc.