TURKISH HOUSE IN 11th CENTURY ACCORDING TO THE DİVANÜ LUGATİ’T TÜRK
DİVANÜ LUGATİ'T TÜRK'E GÖRE XI ASIRDA TÜRK EVİ

Author : Adem AYDEMİR
Number of pages : 15-48

Abstract

Turkish have possessed the features of being nomadic and settled for centuries. In other words, while it is possible to find Turkish who have fulfilled the necessities of being settled in one place, in another place, at the same period of time, it is possible to find Turkish who are showing the features of nomadic tribes. In all the dialects of Turkish ‘ev’ (çadır); ‘home’ (tent), which is the basic symbol of family, and ‘evlenmek’ (to marry) are used. A popular encyclopedic dictionary of the great Turkish linguist and thinker Kâşgarlı Mahmud’s Divanü Lugati’t Türk, mirror of the Turkish world of the 11th century, includes rich information not only about the Turkish language and literature but also its history and geography, culture and ethnography. When we look at the Divanü Lugati’t Türk its possible to find so much data’s about the Turkish social life. The life style and understanding life of societies can be seen on languages of societies. Divanü Lugati’t Türk, as every subject, consists of valuable information on houses of Turkish peoples in 11th century. As a result this article, investigates the Turkish house of a farmer objects mentioned in Divanü Lugati’t Türk. This study made by general scanning model. Thus, by studying the elements presented in the Divanü Lugati’t Türk, a new window been opened to the Turkish house the 11th century.

Keywords

Divanü Lugati’t Türk, 11th Century, Settled life, Social life Turkish house, Idioms/ terms, Objects.

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