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Turkish Language FamilyTu

Turkish Language Family

(7410 words)
July 6, 2026

Turkic language family (Turkic languages) is a language family consisting of languages with a common origin, spoken across the vast geography of Eurasia throughout history and still used today by numerous communities. This family is defined as a whole characterized by structural similarities evident from both historical documents and modern linguistic data, accepted as sharing a common origin, and classified through various approaches in different periods. The Turkic languages have spread over a

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Meryem Şentürk Çoban

Meryem Şentürk Çoban

IzzetIz

Izzet

(132 words)
May 22, 2026

Origin It is a word of Arabic origin. The term izzet derives from the Arabic verb ˁazza عَزَّ, meaning “to be strong, to be elevated, to become superior.” From this verb, the noun ˁizza(t) عزّة, formed in the fiˁla(t) pattern, has been used to denote “power, strength, value, dignity, and prestige,” and entered Turkish with this range of meanings. Areas of Usage General Language: Used to express excessive respect, honor, and deference shown toward a person in everyday life. Social and Ethical Con

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Ahmet Yasir Özcan

Ahmet Yasir Özcan

Poems and Proverbs in Dîvânu Lugâti’t-Türk (Book)

Poems and Proverbs in Dîvânu Lugâti’t-Türk (Book)

(430 words)
December 3, 2025

Professor Ahmet Bican Ercilasun’s work Şiirler ve Atasözleri in Dîvânu Lugâti’t-Türk is a detailed study of the poems and proverbs found in Kaşgarlı Mahmud’s 11th-century lexical and cultural compendium, Dîvânu Lugâti’t-Türk. The book provides a foundational resource for literary, linguistic, and cultural historical research. The work systematically examines the poems and proverbs in Dîvânu Lugâti’t-Türk both in terms of textual transmission and analysis. Through thematic organization of the poe

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Elif Laçin

Elif Laçin