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
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