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
- heroic
Noun
yiğit (definite accusative yiğidi, plural yiğitler)
- wight, brave one
Declension
Declension of yiğit
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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yiğit
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yiğitler
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| definite accusative
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yiğidi
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yiğitleri
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| dative
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yiğide
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yiğitlere
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| locative
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yiğitte
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yiğitlerde
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| ablative
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yiğitten
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yiğitlerden
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| genitive
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yiğidin
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yiğitlerin
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Possessive forms
| nominative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yiğidim
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yiğitlerim
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| 2nd singular
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yiğidin
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yiğitlerin
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| 3rd singular
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yiğidi
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yiğitleri
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| 1st plural
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yiğidimiz
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yiğitlerimiz
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| 2nd plural
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yiğidiniz
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yiğitleriniz
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| 3rd plural
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yiğitleri
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yiğitleri
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| definite accusative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yiğidimi
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yiğitlerimi
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| 2nd singular
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yiğidini
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yiğitlerini
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| 3rd singular
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yiğidini
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yiğitlerini
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| 1st plural
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yiğidimizi
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yiğitlerimizi
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| 2nd plural
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yiğidinizi
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yiğitlerinizi
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| 3rd plural
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yiğitlerini
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yiğitlerini
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| dative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yiğidime
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yiğitlerime
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| 2nd singular
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yiğidine
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yiğitlerine
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| 3rd singular
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yiğidine
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yiğitlerine
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| 1st plural
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yiğidimize
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yiğitlerimize
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| 2nd plural
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yiğidinize
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yiğitlerinize
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| 3rd plural
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yiğitlerine
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yiğitlerine
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| locative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yiğidimde
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yiğitlerimde
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| 2nd singular
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yiğidinde
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yiğitlerinde
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| 3rd singular
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yiğidinde
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yiğitlerinde
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| 1st plural
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yiğidimizde
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yiğitlerimizde
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| 2nd plural
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yiğidinizde
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yiğitlerinizde
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| 3rd plural
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yiğitlerinde
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yiğitlerinde
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| ablative
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yiğidimden
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yiğitlerimden
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| 2nd singular
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yiğidinden
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yiğitlerinden
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| 3rd singular
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yiğidinden
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yiğitlerinden
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| 1st plural
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yiğidimizden
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yiğitlerimizden
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| 2nd plural
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yiğidinizden
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yiğitlerinizden
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| 3rd plural
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yiğitlerinden
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yiğitlerinden
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| genitive
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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yiğidimin
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yiğitlerimin
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| 2nd singular
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yiğidinin
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yiğitlerinin
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| 3rd singular
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yiğidinin
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yiğitlerinin
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| 1st plural
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yiğidimizin
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yiğitlerimizin
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| 2nd plural
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yiğidinizin
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yiğitlerinizin
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| 3rd plural
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yiğitlerinin
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yiğitlerinin
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