Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi

Öz

On the back 8th line of U 3202 (T III M 111) the Berlin fragmant of Altun Yaruk Sudurs, which is an Old Uyghur text, appears a hendiadyoin as bilip katıp. And in Altun Yaruk Sudurs R-M, there is a handiadyoin as bilip ukup, which is parallel to the Berlin fragmant. Thus, in Old Uyghur there is the verb kat- meaning ‘to understand’. At first sight, this verb may be seen as a word of single use i.e. a hapax; but one should not be biased about this subject. Because, the dictionaries of the works aren’t generally formed in accordance with the context. Therefore, the meaning of words may be overlooked. In the Zeynelarap Epic, which is among the historical Andelip Epics, the verb kat- was detected as ‘to understand’. And again in Kitabü’l İdrak, which is among important Kipchak Turkish dictionaries, there is the verbs kaygur- ‘to denote’ with its Turkoman entrance, which can be explained as ka-d-gur-. The word appears in different ways in Turkish dialects. In conclusion, the verb kat- is ‘to understand’ in the Uyghur and we can make certain denotational corrections based on this word. The first on of these corrections is tokuz oguz begleri bodunı bu sabımın edgüti ėşid katıgtı tıŋla (KT N 2), whicg appears in the Kül Tėgin. The translation should be as follows: ‘Nine Oghuz chieftains, their people, hear my words well, comprehendingly, listen devotedly.’ The second one is ürüg amıl tikisiz katıgtı sözlesün bo daranıg, in Altun Yaruk Suudur, which should be given meaning as: ‘Calm/ enuiet and silently, shall he speak by understanding this dharani well.’