Author/Authors :
ERBAY, Fatih Selçuk Üniversitesi - Edebiyat Fakültesi - Türk Dili ve Edebiyat Bölümü Eski Türk Dili ABD, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Turkish-Armenian Vocabulary Exchange: The Case of the Word Tapan
Abstract :
Turks and Armenians have long lived together. This culture of living together influenced the languages of both nations; hundreds of words were exchanged between these two languages. This study dwells upon the words ‚tapan, dapan and taban‛ which exist both in Turkish and Armenian. Researchers have divergent views about whether the origin of the word ‚tapan‛, which still survives in many different Turkish dialects with different meanings, is Turkish or Armenian. This study attempts to discuss whether the word was borrowed from Armenian to Turkish or from Turkish to Armenian.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Armenian language , Turkish language , daban , dab‘an , taban , tapan
JournalTitle :
Journal Of Turkish Research Institute
