Lexical and semantic features of the written monuments in the Mamluk-Kipchak language (13-15th centuries)

Abstract

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the Arabic-Kipchak dictionaries written during the Mamluks and linguistic materials preserved in the monument «Irshadulmuluk uas-salatin», one of the largest works in the Mamluk-Kipchak language. In addition, the level of study of monuments is determined, and a structural and substantive description of the manuscripts are given. For determining the lexical and semantic features of medieval manuscripts written in the Mamluk-Kipchak language, semantic units in written monuments of the 13-15th centuries, such as «Tarzhuman», «Ad-Durra», «Al-Kawanin», «Irshadul-muluk uas-salatin» were divided into thematic groups. A comparative analysis of the linguistic signs preserved in the exhibits is carried out, and lexical-semantic features of works are revealed. If somebody wants to know and understand his or her nation, it is necessary for everybody to know what kind of people it interacted with in the past, what culture it contacted and what contribution it made to the world civilization. Therefore, today it is necessary to revive the peoples’ spiritual values and study the nation history. Written monuments and documents of historical significance in the Turkic peoples’ cultural heritage, stored in foreign libraries and archives, have not been comprehensively studied yet. A comprehensive study of the linguistic materials in these inscriptions makes it possible to reveal the features of the Turkic-Arab historical, political, military, economic, cultural, linguistic and religious ties.