یارغو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yạr- (“to judge, order; call, announcement”); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (yarɣu), Kazakh жарғы (jarğy), etc.

Noun

یارغو • (yarğı)

  1. (law) lawsuit, action, a pleading of litigants before a judge
    Synonym: نزاع (nizaʿ)
  2. decision given by a judge or arbitrator, solution, judgement, sentence
    Synonym: قضا (kaza)

Derived terms

  • یارغو یری (yarğı yeri, “court of justice”)
  • یارغیجی (yarğıcı, “judge, arbitrator”)
  • یارغیلامق (yarğılamak, “to hear and decide, ponder”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: yargı
  • → Armenian: յարգի (yargi)

Further reading

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