Research Article

FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS

Number: 122 June 22, 2025
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FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS

Abstract

In this article, the factors that determined the content of “Codex Cumanicus” – “Book of Cumans (Kipchaks)” are touched. Undoubtedly, as the source, the main resource is the information reflected in the “Codex Cumanicus” itself (on ethnography, worldview, linguistics, beliefs, etc.). The second is the ethnographic, economic, sociological and other notes of Eastern and European travelers (Ibn Battuta, A.Contarini, P. Tafur, I. Schiltberger, etc.) who traveled to Dasht-i Kipchak and the northern shores of the Black Sea during that period. The third source is the research of turkologists and the scientists in Codex Studies. In summary, the main factors conditioned the content of the “Codex Cumanicus” are as follows: 1. Historical Context (Socio-economic Situation of the Region); 2. Trade and Religious Missionary Activities; 3. Multicultural and Multilingual Environment; 4. Practical Needs. These factors have played, of course, not in equal level, but in this or other level in the formation of the “Codex Cumanicus” content. As a result, compiling of a dictionary is not an ordinary event; in the case of this dictionary, it is a product of the clash, interaction, and eventual merging of several cultures. Therefore, studying of the “Codex Cumanicus” requires a comprehensive approach to the era, to the authors, to the mutual relations of that time, and to the region.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Historical North East Turkish Language (Khwarezm, Kipchak, Chagatai)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

June 19, 2025

Publication Date

June 22, 2025

Submission Date

February 2, 2025

Acceptance Date

June 2, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 122

APA
Quliyev, İ. (2025). FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS. Türkoloji, 122, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.59358/ayt.1631716
AMA
1.Quliyev İ. FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS. Türkoloji. 2025;(122):23-38. doi:10.59358/ayt.1631716
Chicago
Quliyev, İmanyar. 2025. “FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS”. Türkoloji, nos. 122: 23-38. https://doi.org/10.59358/ayt.1631716.
EndNote
Quliyev İ (June 1, 2025) FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS. Türkoloji 122 23–38.
IEEE
[1]İ. Quliyev, “FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS”, Türkoloji, no. 122, pp. 23–38, June 2025, doi: 10.59358/ayt.1631716.
ISNAD
Quliyev, İmanyar. “FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS”. Türkoloji. 122 (June 1, 2025): 23-38. https://doi.org/10.59358/ayt.1631716.
JAMA
1.Quliyev İ. FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS. Türkoloji. 2025;:23–38.
MLA
Quliyev, İmanyar. “FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS”. Türkoloji, no. 122, June 2025, pp. 23-38, doi:10.59358/ayt.1631716.
Vancouver
1.İmanyar Quliyev. FACTORS DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF THE CODEX CUMANICUS. Türkoloji. 2025 Jun. 1;(122):23-38. doi:10.59358/ayt.1631716