О соотношении пратюркского qut и иранского ǯan в современных тюркских языках
On the relation of the Proto-Turkic qut and the Iranian ǯan in the modern Turkic languages
Author(s): Zarema Nazirovna EkbaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Институт языкознания Российской академии наук
Keywords: the Turkic languages; etymology; soul; power of life; well-being; good luck; world outlook
Summary/Abstract: There is detailed analysis of using of qut and ǯan words at the modern Turkic Languages, possible versions of their origin,comparison with languages of other groups, their functions and meanings in the Proto-Turkic texts. Linguistic facts arecompared with the ethnographic information, ritual folklore and other extra-linguistic facts. The analysis brings us to the pointthat Proto-Turkic qut in its old meaning ʻsoul, spirit, power of lifeʼ and in new meaning ʻwell-being, prosperity, good luckʼ isolder than Iranian ǯan ʻsoul; lifeʼ in the Turkic languages.
Journal: Урало-алтайские исследования
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 01 (16)
- Page Range: 53-61
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Russian