@article{2010,title={AN EXCELLENT WORD THAT RECEIVED TO BE DISPARAGED MEANING: DON},abstractNode={From ancient times the word “don ” has been connoted “clothing, costume” and in many Turkish dialects and accents it still means “costume, fur, duffle coat ”, especially in Turkey Turkish it has received to be disparaged and narrowed meaning. It is not a Saka word, on the contrary of the resources it is a Turkish word.(Most probably Sakas were Turkish) In our opinion the word ton ~ don related to the verb tolamak ( to curl, to surround, to wrap-to invade).In various Turkish accents and dialects there are a lot of derivations of the word “don” which leaning against the same meaning with “don”: tolak “leggings, bandage, scarf ”; tolama (dolama) “ turban, shirt, dress-gown, skirt, apron, loincloth, blanket”. The verb tola- ~ dola- can be connected with the root to- ~ tu- “to plug, to cover, to close, to bind, to put a stop to). Today in various dialects and accents there are lots of derivations of that we could connect to to- ~ tu- root which have close meaning with ton ~ don: tor ( tor) “ fish net, trap, a kind of cellular weaving, scarf, loincloth, flannel”; torluk ~ turluk “bristle tent, shepherd cottage, tent fabric, goat cattleguard”; torlamak “ a kind of shield ”; torlak “bandage, leggings, baggy trousers”; tura “shield, barricade; dok “linen cloth”; dol “bag that made of beef skin”; dulak “veil”; tuluk “overalls, dress”; dulda “shade, guard”; tulu “bridal veil, curtain”; tuman ~ toman “pants, baggy trousers, skirt”; tugulga ~ tulga ~ tolga “steel helmet, casque, blanket ”; duş “ quiet and secluded ”; tun “ cover of a furnace ”, tum “cover of a beehive ” There are -l-, -n-,–z-, - t-; tu-l-, tu-n-, tu-z –, tu-t- verb bodies of to- ~ tu- root and nouns has been derivated from these bodies, the word ton, which is point at issue, has been formed by adding –n suffix to the verb root. },author={Ayten ATAY},year={2010},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}