yigit

See also: yiğit and Yiğit

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Related to Turkish yiğit.

Noun

yigit

1. wight, brave one.

Declension

Declension of yigit

nominative	yigit
genitive	yigitniñ
dative	yigitke
accusative	yigitni
locative	yigitte
ablative	yigitten

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Salar

Alternative forms

• yikde, yikdi

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yigit. Compare to Southern Altai јиит (ǰiit), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /jiɣit/
• (Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /jixte/, /jixti/

Noun

yigit (3rd person possessive yigiti, plural yigitler)

1. youngster

   Synonym: zaru

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “yigit”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
• Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477. [2]
• Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [3]
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yigit”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 357
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “yigit”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[4], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 125
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yigit”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[5], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 127-128
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “yigit”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, pages 343, 357
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “yigit”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 270