ağıt

Meaning

elegy, requiem

Concepts

elegy

mourning

dirge

grief

requiem

threnody

keen

lamentation

epicedium

thrénodie

Synonyms

mersiye

matem

sagu

yas

zehir

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Translations

élégie

Trauer

luto

nojo

elegia

luto

dol

rouw

deuil

Elegie

Totenmesse

klaaglied

ελεγεία

complainte

klaagzang

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɑˈɰɯt]

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: آغیت

Cognate with Armenian: աղատ

Cognate with Middle Armenian: աղատել

Cognate with Classical Armenian: աղէտ

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish آغیت (ağıt). Further origin is disputed.
Perhaps a derivative of Proto-Turkic *yï̄g (“interjection of sorrow and sadness”). If so, likely Proto-Turkic *yï̄g (interjection of sorrow and sadness) + *-a + *-ut. Compare ağlamak (“to cry, to weep”), from Proto-Turkic *yï̄gla-, from *yï̄g + *-la.
Alternatively, possibly from Armenian; compare Armenian աղատ (aġat, “supplication”), Middle Armenian աղատել (aġatel, “to lament”), Old Armenian աղէտ (ałēt, “pity; grief; calamity”).