یارغی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yār- (“to split”), whence also یارمق (yarmak).

Noun

یارغی • (yarğı)

1. split
2. a thing split, fragment
3. (earlier) bulgur

   Synonyms: بلغور (bulğur), یارمه (yarma)

Etymology 2

Noun

یارغی • (yarğı)

1. Alternative form of یارغو (yarğı, “decision”)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یارغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2182