یاغی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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)

  1. stranger, foreigner, alien
  2. enemy, foe, unfriend
    Synonym: دشمن (düşman)

Descendants

  • Gagauz: yaa
  • Turkish: yağı

Further reading

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto یاغی (yāğī).

Noun

یاغی (yāğī)

  1. rebel, rebels, rebellious, disloyal
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.