On the concept of maternal uncle in Kazakh

Abstract

Kazakh, one of the modern Turkic dialects of the North-Western (Kipchak) group, is very rich in terms of vocabulary. Although the majority of the vocabulary consists of words which are Turkic origin, there are also words borrowed from different languages (such as Arabic, Persian, Mongolian, Russian). In this study, words that are among the kinship terms in Kazakh but mostly find their place in dialects will be evaluated. In short, we will focus on the words that correspond to the concept of maternal uncle in Kazakh. These words; taġa - taġay, tayeke, dayı, naġaşı. In the study, information will be given about how these words came into Kazakh, their usage areas, their appearance in dialects, the origin of the words, their forms in historical Turkic dialects and modern Turkic dialects. In addition to the words mentioned above, brief information will be given about other words that mean maternal uncle in Kazakh.

Keywords

• kazakh
• vocabulary
• maternal uncel
• kinship names