Characteristics of case suffixes used in Meşreb’s divan

Abstract

Chagatay Turkic is the name of the written language used by Turks living in Central Asia from the beginning of the 15th to the early of 20th century. This written language continues its existence today as Uzbek Turkic and New Uyghur Turkic. Rahim Bobo Mashrab was a Kalandar poet who lived in postclassical period of Chagatay Turkic. The poet who was different from other poets in his era with his worldview, extraordinary life style and different character was a renowned person especially in Turkistan. Mashrab with his books and poems that are never forgotten is a significant poet who must be known not only in Turkistan, but aslo in all areas of Turkic-Islamic literature. Although Meşreb gained fame with his wise poems, important views and mystical knowledge of that period, unfortunately, he is not known much today. In this article, it is aimed to elucidate the usage features of case suffixes in Rahim Baba Meşreb's newly discovered Divan (Samarkand Copy) and to introduce this copy.

Keywords

• chagatai turkic
• meşreb's poem
• case suffixes