Oghuz Dialect’s Features at Husrev u Sirin

Abstract

Since the 13th century, in the lower parts of Harezm and Sirderya, the transition period in the character as a continuation of Karakhanid Turkic, partly under the influence of the local dialects of Oghuz (Turkmen) and Kipchak, is called "Harezm Turkish". The most prominent common features of the Harezm period works are that they contain the linguistic features of Oghuz-Turkmen and Kipchak Turkish together with Eastern Turkish. One of the works written in Harezm Turkish, which has a mixed language feature, is Hüsrev ü Şîrîn, which was translated from Persian by Kutb between 1340-1342 in the first half of the 14th century. The mesnevi named Ḫüsrev ü Şîrîn was written in the 12th century by Genceli Nizamî, one of the most important names in Persian literature. The Hüsrev ü Şîrîn of Kutb was copied in 1383 by a Kipchak Turk, Berke Fakih. This copy is registered with number 312 at the Paris Bibliothèque Nationale. Among the works written in the Harezm area, Kutb's Hüsrev ü Şîrîn has an important place. Kutb's Ḫüsrev ü Şîrîn is a love mesnevi. It differs from other works of the period in terms of its subject. Ananiasz Zajączkowski was the first to study on this work. Zajączkowski published the transcribed text and facsimile of the work in 1958, and the dictionary of the work in 1961. The transcribed text was also published by Hacıeminoğlu. There are different opinions about the language of the work. It is noteworthy that in addition to general language features of Harezm Turkish, it has Oghuz features as well. In this study, the phonetic and morphological features of Oghuz in Ḫüsrev ü Şîrîn were examined. The phonetic and morphological features of Oghuz language and examples of vocabulary, which are determined in Hüsrev ü Şîrîn, are shown by giving the line numbers mentioned in the text published by Hacıeminoğlu.