On the Verb balki- in the Book of Dede Korkut

The Book of Dede Korkut has an important place in Turkish literature and is one of the monumental works that have managed to stay in the center of attention since the day it was discovered. In order to benefit from the work, which contains important information about the Oghuz Turks, a substantial n...

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Main Author: Şahin Yıldız
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2023-06-01
Series:İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi
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description The Book of Dede Korkut has an important place in Turkish literature and is one of the monumental works that have managed to stay in the center of attention since the day it was discovered. In order to benefit from the work, which contains important information about the Oghuz Turks, a substantial number of attempts at reading and interpretating the work have been made. The etymology of the words in this epic has attracted attention in this context and been made the subject of many studies. The current study will discuss the verb balk- [to shine] passed in the D207/2 line in the Book of Dede Korkut. No consensus is seen to exist regarding the sources about the origin of the verb, which is also mentioned as balġı- and balġu- in the Günbed manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut. The word is not covered in many etymological dictionaries but is discussed in the Tietze and Nişanyan dictionaries. The first correct views on the verb balkı- were put forward by Tietze, who associated the word with the word bark [lightning] of Arabic origin and argued it to have developed as barkı- ˃ balkı- with the denominal verb suffix +ı-. This study presents the morphological and semantic adventure of the word from the first texts to today’s Anatolian dialects and attempts to reveal that Tietze’s etymology needs to be corrected alongside the proofs for this. Thus, the study suggests that the word did not develop in Turkish as bark ˃ barkı- ˃ balkı-, as Tietze had stated, but developed as balk ˃ balkı- ˃ barkı- as the word was written as balk in earlier Turkish texts.
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spelling doaj-art-fa2630a271f8472298c2b410c3d77e882025-08-20T01:49:26ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi2602-26482023-06-01631879510.26650/TUDED2023-1195923123456On the Verb balki- in the Book of Dede KorkutŞahin Yıldız0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7020-2597Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van, TurkiyeThe Book of Dede Korkut has an important place in Turkish literature and is one of the monumental works that have managed to stay in the center of attention since the day it was discovered. In order to benefit from the work, which contains important information about the Oghuz Turks, a substantial number of attempts at reading and interpretating the work have been made. The etymology of the words in this epic has attracted attention in this context and been made the subject of many studies. The current study will discuss the verb balk- [to shine] passed in the D207/2 line in the Book of Dede Korkut. No consensus is seen to exist regarding the sources about the origin of the verb, which is also mentioned as balġı- and balġu- in the Günbed manuscript of the Book of Dede Korkut. The word is not covered in many etymological dictionaries but is discussed in the Tietze and Nişanyan dictionaries. The first correct views on the verb balkı- were put forward by Tietze, who associated the word with the word bark [lightning] of Arabic origin and argued it to have developed as barkı- ˃ balkı- with the denominal verb suffix +ı-. This study presents the morphological and semantic adventure of the word from the first texts to today’s Anatolian dialects and attempts to reveal that Tietze’s etymology needs to be corrected alongside the proofs for this. Thus, the study suggests that the word did not develop in Turkish as bark ˃ barkı- ˃ balkı-, as Tietze had stated, but developed as balk ˃ balkı- ˃ barkı- as the word was written as balk in earlier Turkish texts.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/D2B276B79B964AC0B9906273EA27D7E4book of dede korkutberkbalkı-barkı-etymology
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