یاغی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy; war”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰍𐰃 (y¹ǧi), Azerbaijani yağı, Chuvash ҫу (śu), Kazakh жау (jau), Kyrgyz жоо (joo), Tatar яу (yaw), Turkmen ýagy, Uyghur ياۋ (yaw), Uzbek yov and Yakut сыа кар (sıa kar).
Noun
یاغی • (yağı)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
یاغی • (yağı)
- definite accusative of یاغ (yağ)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yağı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5154
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yağı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1226
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy”). Early attestations include The Alchemy of Happiness, from the early 1100s.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /jaː.ˈɣiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [jɑː.ˈɣiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [jɒː.ˈɢiː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [jɔ.ˈʁi]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | yāġī |
| Dari reading? | yāġī |
| Iranian reading? | yâġi |
| Tajik reading? | yoġi |
Noun
یاغی • (yâġi)
- rebel, outlaw
- (obsolete) enemy, foe
- Synonym: دشمن (došman)
- 1310s, Rashīd al-Dīn, “History of the Nations of the Kings of China”, in جامع التواريخ [Jāmiʿ al-tawārīkh]:
- در آن عهد، معهود چنان بوده که به وقت وصال یاغی بر کوه آتش افروختندی و دهل زدندی، و بدان سبب امرا واقف میگشتند و حاضر میشدند.
- dar ān ahd, ma'hud činān būda ki ba waqt-i wisāl-i yāġī bar kōh ātiš afrōxtandē u duhul zadandē, u bad-ān sabab umarā wāqif mē-gaštand u hāzir mē-šudand.
- In those days, the rule was that upon encountering the enemy, fires would be lit and drums beaten on top of the mountains, so that the generals would become aware thereby and make preparations.
Adjective
یاغی • (yâġi)
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
یاغی (yāğī)