According to the research carried out on the basis of the etymological
dictionaries, the word Kut, which has existed in all historical and
modern Turkic dialects since the oldest periods of Turkish, has a lot of
meaning that changes depending on the period and dialect. In the Kyrgyz
culture, we found that the concept of kut ‘happiness’ consists of aspects
of the abstract-concrete, external and internal world. The abstract plane
consists of such concepts as “god” and “luck”, which are associated with
the perception of people of the outside world and such as “soul”, “spirit”,
“heart”, “life energy”, which are associated with the perception of their
inner world. We found that a specific plane consists of tangible objects,
such as “talisman”, “idol”. The word kut in the general Turkic language
contains the traces of the ancient Türkic faith and carries in itself as an
abstract plane expressing «luck», «will», «happiness», which people believe
they receive from God, and the expression of a concrete plan, as a
guardian, which in reality, is no longer used in everyday life as an instrument
of protection against the evil eye because of the influence of
Islamic beliefs. It became clear that the amulet, which until recently existed
among the Kyrgyz but whose specimens are found today only among
the Siberian people, and made of blue or red cloth, symbolizes the Yağız
Yer and Kök Teñri existing in the old Turkic beliefs. As in other Turkic
people, it can be seen that the word kut is used both in the names of boys
and girls, because it expresses a positive meaning in the language.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Language Studies, Turkish Folklore, Creative Arts and Writing |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | March 29, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Issue: 47 |