Abstract:

One feature of dictionaries is to give the incremental development of the word header. Diachronism is a concept that is used to determine the correct meaning and structure in the language, according to the need, before the current. While it is the method used to learn the meanings of words in which synonyms are used in dictionaries Diachronism, on the other hand, is a broader informational method used to learn the roots of the head words, which dialect or language they belong to, when they emerged, and the changes they have undergone in terms of meaning and structure. Turkish dictionaries differ in terms of etymological explanations. The dictionaries scanned in this study were determined as 1st hand and pocket dictionaries, 2nd school dictionaries, 3rd general dictionaries, and 4th encyclopedic dictionaries. General Turkish dictionaries a. those without etymological explanation b. only those whose source language is given c. source language and source words D. The source language can be classified as source word and those with broad explanations. "In what situations etymological explanation is required.", "An etymological explanation should be written considering the functions of the dictionaries." The answer should be given.

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