Author(s): Özge SÖNMEZLER DURAN
Codex Cumanicus, which has a unique place among historical Kipchak Turkish works in terms of vocabulary and content, has a rich vocabulary on various subjects. Animal names are part of this vocabulary. It is known that the vocabulary of animal names dates back to the earliest periods of the Turkish language. In historical times, some of these words have various connotations and titles, besides their own meanings. As the lifestyle changed, so did the perspective of people, and the meanings that some animal names gained through connotations continued to change. The vocabulary of animal names reflects people’s beliefs, views and spiritual worlds as well as providing important information about the lifestyle, social and economic life of the people. It can be seen that the animal names in the Codex Cumanicus also provide a lot of information about the lifestyle and spiritual world of the Kipchaks living in Dasht-i Kipchak. It is known that the vocabulary of Codex Cumanicus, which represents the Northern part of Kipchak Turkish, is similar to most of today’s Kipchak dialects. One of these dialects is Kazan-Tatar language. Based on this idea, in this article, animal names in the Codex Cumanicus, which is one of the historical Kipchak Turkish works were investigated in Kazan-Tatar language. It was shown that how many of these words survive in Kazan-Tatar language, and the direction of the change of meaning of the words identified in this dialect. The meanings of the words in Kazan-Tatar language have been determined by making use of dictionaries that show the vocabulary of this dialect, lexicology studies, various dictionaries and vocabulary studies prepared on animal names specifically
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