dzhigit

English

Alternative forms

djigit, jigit

Etymology

From Turkic languages (compare Nogai йигит (yigit), Tatar егет (yeget, “young male”)), via Russian джиги́т (džigít).

Noun

dzhigit (plural dzhigits)

A skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
(Caucasus, Central Asia) A brave man in general.

Related terms

dzhigitovka

Translations

a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Armenian: ջիգիթ (hy) (ǰigitʿ), իգիթ (hy) (igitʿ)
Azerbaijani: igid (az)
Bashkir: егет (yeget)
Belarusian: джыгі́т m (džyhít)
Bulgarian: джиги́т m (džigít)
Crimean Tatar: yigit
Estonian: džigitt
Finnish: dzhigitti
French: djiguite (fr) m
Georgian: ჯიგიტი (ǯigiṭi), მოჯირითე (moǯirite), მხედარი (mxedari)
German: Dschigit m
Hungarian: dzsigit
Italian: gighit m
Karachay-Balkar: жигит (jigit)
Kazakh: жігіт (jıgıt)
Kyrgyz: жигит (ky) (jigit)
Latvian: džigits
Nogai: йигит (yigit)
Ossetian: барӕг (baræg), джигит (ǵigit)
Polish: dżygit m
Portuguese: djigit m
Romanian: djighit m
Russian: джиги́т (ru) m (džigít)
Southern Altai: јигит (ǰigit)
Tajik: йигит (yigit)
Tatar: егет (tt) (yeget)
Turkish: atlı (tr), yiğit (tr)
Ukrainian: джиґі́т m (džygít), джигі́т m (džyhít)

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Nogai: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (cigit)

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