ON THE BORROWING VOCABULARY OF AHLAT DIALECT
AHLAT AĞZI’NIN ALINMA SÖZ VARLIĞI ÜZERİNE

Author : Servet ERTEKİNOĞLU
Number of pages : 469-504

Abstract

The Ahlat Dialect, as it is one of the East Group dialects, plenty of words has been borrowed especially from Armenian, Persian and Arabic as well as Mongolian and Romaic as it is less in number. These conditions can be explained with Ahlat’s being the entrance gate of Turks into Anatolia and its location which is situated on a transition region. It is interesting that the words derivated from Armenian are about agriculture. It showes us that it takes a long time to settle down for Turkish people and they use these words about agriculture after they adopt a sedentary life. In Arabic and Persian word utterance is seen to be closer to the Persian. The usage of 'ner

Keywords

Ahlat Dialect, Borrowings, Vocabulary, Armenian, Arabic, Persian, Mongolian, Greek

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