𐰖𐰍𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy, war”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫу (śu, “heathen”), Karakhanid يَغٖى (yaɣï̄, “enemy”), Ottoman Turkish یاغی (yağı, “stranger, enemy”), Kazakh жау (jau, “enemy”), Khakas чаа (çaa, “war”).

Noun

𐰖𐰍𐰃 (y¹ǧi /yaġï/)

  1. enemy, hostile

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yaγï”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yağı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 898
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jagɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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