Kırgız Türkçesinde Küçükbaş ve Büyükbaş Hayvanlara Yaşlarına Göre Verilen Adların Etimolojisi Üzerine Bir İnceleme

Abstract

Animal husbandary is one of the traditional foundations of the economy and culture of the Kirghiz people and it still plays an important part in their lives today Kirghiz people name younger and older cattle differently according to their age. This nomenclature depends on the gender of the animal, whether it is female or male. The names of cattle by age may not be the same in all the various parts of Kirghizstan, which suggests that animal husbandry has not developed in the same way throughout Kirghizstan and that, at the same time, Kirghiz people have close ties with their neighbouring countries. This article presents the naming of cattle according to age and it will also offer etymological explanations of the names. The naming of cattle by age will be compared with practices in geographically neighboring Turkic Language areas: the Kazak Turkic language and the Southeast Turkic languages (New Uyghur and Özbek). However, the names will also be compared with Turkish due to the decrease in livestock husbandary in Turkey. The data used in this article, are based on materials provided by shepherds in Turkey. Different etymological dictionaries have also been evaluated in this study.