yiğit

See also: Yiğit and yigit

Turkish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiɣit/, [ji.it], [jiːt]

Adjective

yiğit

1. heroic

Noun

yiğit (definite accusative yiğidi, plural yiğitler)

1. wight, brave one

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yiğit
Definite accusative	yiğidi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yiğit	yiğitler
Definite accusative	yiğidi	yiğitleri
Dative	yiğide	yiğitlere
Locative	yiğitte	yiğitlerde
Ablative	yiğitten	yiğitlerden
Genitive	yiğidin	yiğitlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular yiğidim yiğitlerim 2nd singular yiğidin yiğitlerin 3rd singular yiğidi yiğitleri 1st plural yiğidimiz yiğitlerimiz 2nd plural yiğidiniz yiğitleriniz 3rd plural yiğitleri yiğitleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular yiğidimi yiğitlerimi 2nd singular yiğidini yiğitlerini 3rd singular yiğidini yiğitlerini 1st plural yiğidimizi yiğitlerimizi 2nd plural yiğidinizi yiğitlerinizi 3rd plural yiğitlerini yiğitlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular yiğidime yiğitlerime 2nd singular yiğidine yiğitlerine 3rd singular yiğidine yiğitlerine 1st plural yiğidimize yiğitlerimize 2nd plural yiğidinize yiğitlerinize 3rd plural yiğitlerine yiğitlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular yiğidimde yiğitlerimde 2nd singular yiğidinde yiğitlerinde 3rd singular yiğidinde yiğitlerinde 1st plural yiğidimizde yiğitlerimizde 2nd plural yiğidinizde yiğitlerinizde 3rd plural yiğitlerinde yiğitlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular yiğidimden yiğitlerimden 2nd singular yiğidinden yiğitlerinden 3rd singular yiğidinden yiğitlerinden 1st plural yiğidimizden yiğitlerimizden 2nd plural yiğidinizden yiğitlerinizden 3rd plural yiğitlerinden yiğitlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular yiğidimin yiğitlerimin 2nd singular yiğidinin yiğitlerinin 3rd singular yiğidinin yiğitlerinin 1st plural yiğidimizin yiğitlerimizin 2nd plural yiğidinizin yiğitlerinizin 3rd plural yiğitlerinin yiğitlerinin

Related terms

• yiğitlik
• babayiğit