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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Related to Turkish yiğit.
Noun
yigit
- wight, brave one.
Declension
References
- Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yigit. Compare to Southern Altai јиит (ǰiit), etc.
Pronunciation
- (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai, Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /jiɣit/
- (Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /jixte/, /jixti/
Noun
yigit (3rd person possessive yigiti, plural yigitler)
- youngster
- Synonym: zaru
References
- Potanin, G.N. (1893) “yigit”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 428
- Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477.
- Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96.
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yigit”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 357
- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “yigit”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 125
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yigit”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 127-128
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “yigit”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, pages 343, 357
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “yigit”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 270