Realia in the Encyclopedia of Manas

Abstract

The concept of realia, is based on the Latin word 'realis', which means concrete. This term, which emerged in the 1950s, emerges as concrete elements of the features of nation: The concept of 'realia' refers to historical, cultural and lifestyle-specific objects, concepts and phenomena that belong to a nation, which are not found in other nationalities. Realia, cultural linguistics, culture dictionaries started to be written in the 1970s and the concept of realia was also noticed in the field of translation study. The term realia is used in literature such as barbarism, localism, ethnography, ethno-cultural word, nationalistic word, space, etc. words are met. Manas Epic as the basic work of the Kyrgyz culture in which many 'national realia' have been studied in terms of determining the 'national realia' items. The concept of 'realia' was emphasized in the introduction, and in the following sections, the conceptual framework and method are addressed. In the findings of the study, in the Manas epic, which we can consider as the most important epitome of Kyrgyz culture we made on the national self-statements in the epic: 4.1.1.1.1. Mythological National Realia, 4.1.1.1.2. Astrological Emotional Realia, 4.1.1.1.3. Autonomous Realia, related to folk beliefs, 4.1.1.1.4. Emotional statements related to items 4.1.1.1.5. Expressions related to Kyrgyz National Games, 4.1.1.1.6. Emotional Realia, cultural linguistics, culture, Regarding the Epic, 4.1.1.1.7. Emotional Expressions of Tradition, 4.1.1.1.8. Other expressions of self-expression are listed under the eight-item classification. In the conclusion and recommendations section, evaluations were made based on the findings of the study and suggestions were presented. We believe that the study will provide a basis for the creation of self-governmental dictionaries in Kyrgyz Turkish.