Words
that form the vocabulary of a language may be subject to many new meanings or
even word deaths over time due to new needs, different events, situations
encountered, the effect of one language or one word on another, and so on. This
is a situation which every language goes through in history. In this sense, the
vocabulary of a language is similar to a large puzzle in which the field
discharged by one part is filled by another. In this study, the changes of the
meanings of the verbs çal- and çap- -which had close-meanings- over
time, which are not very common in the Old Turkish texts, the new meanings they
have gained and the common use of them is discussed by relation between the
dialects is taken into consideration. The two verbs mentioned have a
close-meaning also with the verb ur-, which has been used relatively more
frequently since the oldest periods. The verbs çal- and çap-, in history
of Turkish Language, offer a view that approaching to each other or leave from
each other view from time to time. For example, while the verb çal- was originally used mostly as “to
hit” today in the basic sense that we can know in the form of yėrke çal-, with the 14th century and
beyond it appears as “to play musical instriument” and “to steal”. The verb çap- is onomatopoeic verb which is less
used more than the verb çal-, appears
in Divanü Lügati’t-Türk and in later
periods with different meanings.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Linguistics |
Journal Section | Linguistics |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 25, 2019 |
Submission Date | October 9, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 |