dzhigit

English

Alternative forms

• djigit, jigit

Etymology

From Turkic languages (compare Nogai йигит (yigit), Tatar егет (yeget, “young male”)), via Russian джиги́т (džigít).

Noun

dzhigit (plural dzhigits)

1. A skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
2. (Caucasus, Central Asia) A brave man in general.

Related terms

• dzhigitovka

Translations

a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia

• Armenian: ջիգիթ (hy) (ǰigitʻ), իգիթ (hy) (igitʻ)
• Azerbaijani: igid (az)
• Bashkir: егет (yeget)
• Belarusian: джыгі́т m (džyhít)
• Bulgarian: джиги́т m (džigít)
• Crimean Tatar: yigit
• Estonian: džigitt
• Finnish: dzhigitti
• French: djiguite (fr) m
• Georgian: ჯიგიტი (ǯigiṭi), მოჯირითე (moǯirite), მხედარი (mxedari)
• German: Dschigit m
• Hungarian: dzsigit
• Italian: gighit m
• Karachay-Balkar: жигит (jigit)
• Kazakh: жігіт (jıgıt)
• Kyrgyz: жигит (ky) (jigit)
• Latvian: džigits
• Nogai: йигит (yigit)
• Ossetian: барӕг (baræg), джигит (ǵigit)
• Polish: dżygit m
• Portuguese: djigit m
• Romanian: djighit m
• Russian: джиги́т (ru) m (džigít)
• Southern Altai: јигит (ǰigit)
• Tajik: йигит (yigit)
• Tatar: егет (tt) (yeget)
• Turkish: atlı (tr), yiğit (tr)
• Ukrainian: джиґі́т m (džygít), джигі́т m (džyhít)

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Translations to be checked

• Nogai: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (cigit)