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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آغیت (ağıt). Further origin is disputed.
Perhaps a derivative of Proto-Turkic *yï̄g (“interjection of sorrow and sadness”). If so, likely Proto-Turkic *yï̄g (interjection of sorrow and sadness) + *-a + *-ut. Compare ağlamak (“to cry, to weep”), from Proto-Turkic *yï̄gla-, from *yï̄g + *-la.
Alternatively, possibly from Armenian; compare Armenian աղատ (aġat, “supplication”), Middle Armenian աղատել (aġatel, “to lament”), Old Armenian աղէտ (ałēt, “pity; grief; calamity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ağıt (definite accusative ağıdı, plural ağıtlar)
- elegy, requiem
- Synonyms: mersiye, sagu
- bir rüya için ağıt ― requiem for a dream
Declension
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References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ağıt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 138b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ağıt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük, retrieved 2022-01-13, tentatively deriving from Old Armenian աղէտ (ałēt)
- Tietze, Andreas (2002) “ağıd/ağıt”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul, Vienna: Simurg Kitapçılık, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 110b
- Stachowski, Marek (2019) “ağıt”, in Kurzgefaßtes etymologisches Wörterbuch der türkischen Sprache (in German), Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →DOI, page 55a