Arabic Loan Words in Lezgi Language and his Morphological Structures

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Arabic Loan Words in Lezgi Language and his Morphological StructuresLezgis is one of the oldest nations of Caucasus. Most of them live at southeast of Dagestan and northeast of Azerbaijan. They met with Islam and Arabian people at VII. Century during the Islamic conquest movements and they converted into Islam following these movements. Their language as well as their social, political and cultural life have been influenced by Arabians. Many Arabic words have been used in Language of Lezgi.This article is about the Arabic words which are used in language of lezgi. The book named “Rusko-Lezginski Slovar” (Russian-Lezgi dictionary) which was written by M. Gaciyev was examined carefully and Arabic words which were also used in language of lezgi with the same meaning determined. These quoted Arabic words were categorized in terms of their area of use and were analyzed in accordance with Arabian language morphology. And then the ration of quoted Arabic words in language of lezgi was determined as percentage. At the categorization of quoted Arabic words, Cyrillic spelling, Latin pronunciation, Arabic meaning, Turkish pronunciation and their meaning at the language of lezgi were expressed. And at the last column there were different examples with regard to Arabic word form (morphological)

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ÖZLezgiler, Kafkasya’nın en eski halklarından biridir. Dağıstan’ın güneydoğusuile Azerbaycan’ın kuzey doğusunda yoğun olarak yaşamaktadırlar. İslamiyet veAraplar ile VII. asırda, İslam fetih hareketleri sayesinde tanışmışlar ve sonrasındada Müslüman olmuşlardır. Araplardan sosyal, siyasal ve kültürel olarak etkilenmeninyanı sıra, dil yönünden de etkilenmişlerdir. Birçok Arapça kelime Lezgidilinde kullanılmaya başlanmıştır.Bu makale, Lezgi Dili’nde kullanılan Arapça sözcükler hakkındadır. M.Gaciyev’e ait “Rusko-Lezginski Slovar” (Rusça-Lezgice Sözlük) isimli eser titizlikletaranmış ve anlam değişikliğine uğramadan Arapçadan Lezgi diline geçen sözcüklertespit edilmiştir. Lezgi dilinde kullanılan Arapça alıntı kelimeler, kullanıldıklarıalan yönünden incelenerek tasnif edilmiş ve Arap dili morfolojisi bakımındanda incelenmiştir. Daha sonra Arapça alıntı kelimelerin Lezgi dilindeki yüzdelikoranı belirlenmiştir.Arapça alıntı sözcüklerin tasnifinde her bir sözcüğün Krilce yazılışı, Latinceokunuşu, Arapça karşılığı, Türkçe okunuşu ve Lezgi dilinde ifade ettiği anlamıverilmiştir. Son sütunda ise Arapça kelime yapısı (morfoloji) açısından emsile-imuhtelifesi yer almaktadır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Lezgiler, Lezgi dili, Arapça, morfoloji, ödünçlemeABSTRACTArabic Loan Words in Lezgi Language and his Morphological StructuresLezgis is one of the oldest nations of Caucasus. Most of them live at southeast ofDagestan and northeast of Azerbaijan. They met with Islam and Arabian peopleat VII. Century during the Islamic conquest movements and they converted intoIslam following these movements. Their language as well as their social, politicaland cultural life have been influenced by Arabians. Many Arabic words have beenused in Language of Lezgi.This article is about the Arabic words which are used in language of lezgi.The book named “Rusko-Lezginski Slovar” (Russian-Lezgi dictionary) which waswritten by M. Gaciyev was examined carefully and Arabic words which were alsoused in language of lezgi with the same meaning determined. These quoted Arabicwords were categorized in terms of their area of use and were analyzed in accordancewith Arabian language morphology. And then the ration of quoted Arabicwords in language of lezgi was determined as percentage.At the categorization of quoted Arabic words, Cyrillic spelling, Latin pronunciation,Arabic meaning, Turkish pronunciation and their meaning at the languageof lezgi were expressed. And at the last column there were different exampleswith regard to Arabic word form (morphological).Keywords: Lezgis, Language of Lezgi, Arabic Language, Morphology, Quote