CLASSIFICATION AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF ORNITHONYMS (BIRD NAMES) IN TURKISH MANUSCRIPTS OF THE 11TH-14TH CENTURIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE MANUSCRIPTS "TARJUMON TURKIY" AND "DIVAN LUGAT AL TURK")

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This article provides a comparative linguistic analysis of the names of animals belonging to the families of sparrows, falcons, wrens, geese, vertebrates, chickens, and pheasants found in ancient Turkic manuscripts of the 11th-14th centuries, including Makhmud Kashgari's "Divan lugat al turk" (Turkish Dictionary) as well as "Tarjumon turki" (Turkish Dictionary), and discusses their adequate translations into modern English. Those of these zoonyms that came in the form of a complete dictionary were translated and comparatively analyzed, while those that came in the form of proverbs, wisdom, and poetic fragments, which are considered literary genres, were enriched with detailed explanations and definitions. The lexical and semantic features of animal names, in particular ornithonyms (bird names), taken from the manuscripts for comparative analysis are covered in detail. In the comparative analysis, especially in the most accurate translation into English, an English dictionary dedicated to the etymology of ancient Turkic languages ​​was used.

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