TURKISH ARCHAIC WORDS IN “RİSALE-İ ELFAZ-I KÜFÜR”

Abstract

The archaic words of a language enable us to learn about the cultural and linguistic richness of the communities that speak that language. As a grammatical term, archaic is explained in the Turkish Dictionary as follows: "old word or idiom that has fallen out of use in the spoken and written language". In this study, when we compare it to the present day in the vocabulary of Risale-i Elfaz-ı Küfür A55, which is registered in the Turkish Language Institution Manuscripts Archive, the words that become archaic, are examined. İn order to determine a word that used in Risaale-i Elfaz-ı Küfür as archaic, based on the following criteria; the word should not be used in today Turkey Turkish written language and should not take place in Turkish dictionary. For example, in this sentence: "ol daḫı bu ġarāmeti kime vireyin dise kāfir olur" the using of I. singular personal imperative -eyin can be seen in Old Turkish but today it has fell from use and it replaced by -eyim. The archaic elements identified in Risale-i Elfaz-ı Küfür are examined under two main headings; as archaic elements seen in suffixes and words.

Keywords

• archaic
• old turkish
• risale-i elfaz-ı küfür.