Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Kitâbu Gülistân bi't-Türkî, written in Kipchak Turkish, is one of the most important literary texts of its period, as well as the first Turkish translation of the book Gülistân (1258), written in Persian by Sâdî.According to many researchers who have studied the work, the text was introduced into Turkish language and literature by Seyf-i Sarâyî in 1391 by adaptation rather than literal translation.Kitâbu Gülistân bi't-Türkî is at a very important point in terms of its content features.The fact that the work does not have the identity of a complete translation created the opportunity to reveal the expression possibilities of the Turkish of the period.Aside from reflecting the rich vocabulary and semantic world of the work, the proverbs sprinkled throughout the text for the purpose of giving advice are quite remarkable.In many examples, instead of directly translating Persian proverbs, Seyf-i Sarâyî preferred proverbs that are common in Turkish culture and appeal to the cultural codes of the target audience.As far as we can determine, the number of proverbs in Kitâbu Gülistân bi't-Türkî is 177.These proverbs are linguistic data that concern many different subheadings of linguistics and can be discussed in a wide range.In this study, 53 proverbs constructed according to the principle of opposition were tried to be examined under two main headings: Realistic (canonical) Oppositions and Metaphorical (noncanonical) Oppositions.In addition, Realistic (canonical) Oppositions, one of the main headings mentioned, has 8 subheadings; Metaphorical (non-canonical) Oppositions are divided into 8 subheadings.As a result of the analysis of the proverbs identified in the work, 53% of the 53 proverbs were used in Realistic (canonical) and 47% were in Metaphorical (non-canonical).However, it is also noteworthy that 22% of the 53 proverbs have both Realistic (canonical) and Metaphorical (non-canonical) features.
Author: Yaşar TOKAY
Language: Turkish
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4405248183