Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 6

Ideological interpretation of seasonal and ceremonial songs in “Diwanlughat al-turk” - “Compendium of the languages of the turks”

Researcher, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Email id: Zilola2022@list.ru

Online published on 10 August, 2020.

Abstract

In this article, Mahmud Kashgari's “Diwanlughat al-turk” discusses the seasonal and ceremonial songs. Mahmud Kashgari is one of the greatest scholar of the 11th century. His work “Diwanlughat al-turk”“Compendium of the languages of the Turks”is one of the rare sources of world Turkology. It can be called a linguistic-literary encyclopedia of Turkic studies. At the same time, the book provides valuable information about the folklore, history, mythology and geography of the Turkic peoples of that time.

Keywords

“Diwanlughat al-turk”, Alp Er Tonga, Kipchak, Oguz, Yamak, Bashkir, Songs