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dzhigit

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A skilled horseman in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

A brave man in general.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Central-Asia

Qualifier: Caucasus

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: јигит (ǰigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Southern Altai: джигит (džigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Armenian: ջիգիթ (ǰigitʻ) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Armenian: իգիթ (igitʻ) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Azerbaijani: igid — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Bashkir: егет (yeget) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Belarusian: джыгі́т (džyhít) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Bulgarian: джиги́т (džigít) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Chechen: берие (berije) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Crimean Tatar: yigit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Estonian: džigitt — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Finnish: dzhigitti — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • French: djiguite — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Georgian: ჯიგიტი (ǯigiṭi) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Georgian: მოჯირითე (moǯirite) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Georgian: მხედარი (mxedari) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • German: Dschigit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Hungarian: dzsigit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Italian: gighit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Karachay-Balkar: жигит (jigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Kazakh: жігіт (jıgıt) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Kyrgyz: жигит (jigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Latvian: džigits — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Lithuanian: džigitas — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Nogai: йигит (yigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Ossetian: барӕг (baræg) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Ossetian: джигит (ǵigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Polish: dżygit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Portuguese: djigit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Romanian: djighit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Russian: джиги́т (džigít) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Tajik: йигит (yigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Tatar: егет (yeget) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Turkish: atlı — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Turkish: yiğit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Ukrainian: джиґі́т (džygít) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Ukrainian: джигі́т (džyhít) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Uyghur: يىگىت (yigit) — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Uzbek: yigit — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia
  • Uzbek: chavandoz — a brave equestrian in the Caucasus and Central Asia