XI.- XV. YÜZYIL ARASINDA YAZILMIŞ DOĞU VE BATI KUR’AN TERCÜMELERİNDE DÖRT AYAKLI HAYVAN ADLARI ÜZERİNE İNCELEME
A REVIEW OF QUADRUPEDAL ANIMAL NAMES IN EASTERN AND WESTERN QUR’AN TRANSLATIONS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE XI.- XV. CENTURIES

Summary/Abstract: After the Turks embraced Islam in the 8th century and Satuk Bughra Khan declared it the state religion under the Karakhanids, this led to the writing of Turkish translations the Qur’an to facilitate a better understanding of the new religious milieu. Qur’an translations began in the Karakhanid period, building on the Old Uyghur translation tradition, and were followed by numerous works in subsequent Turkish literary languages. Turkish Qur’an translations possess a rich vocabulary. In this study, Qur’an translations written between the XI. and XV. centuries, including the Rylands Qur’an Translation, the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Qur’an Translation (TIEM 73), the Hekimoğlu Qur’an Translation, the Bursa Qur’an Translation, the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum Qur’an Translation (TIEM 40) and the Manisa Qur’an Translation, were examined. Among the animal names in these manuscripts, only quadrupedal animal names were examined, with meanings, phonetic forms, and etymological analysis provided for twenty-seven identified names. Names referring to specific characteristics of animals or animal groups were excluded from the study. To illustrate the words, various Qur’an translation verses were selected, though some were repeated due to certain animal names appearing in the same verse. Since the examples are mostly from different verses, Turkish translations are not included considering the volume of the article.

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