yiğit
Turkish
/jiɣit/
adjective
Definitions
- heroic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *jigit, *jEgit.
Origin
Proto-Turkic
*jigit, *jEgit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yamanyiğit Turkish
- yaman Turkish
- igid Azerbaijani
- igidlik Azerbaijani
- *jigit Proto-Turkic
- *jigit, *jEgit Proto-Turkic
- *jigit, *jegit Proto-Turkic
- егет Bashkir
- egîd Northern Kurdish