Abstract:

The critical edition of Kutadgu Bilig which is one of the works of Karakhanid Turkish period was published by Reşit Rahmeti Arat in 1947 Arat didn’t explain the meaning of the words “çergüçi” and “çergüle” in distich 373 in the translation volume of Kutadgu Bilig which was published in 1959 In the translation these words are mentioned in the original way which take part in the text too The other researchers who study on Kutadgu Bilig have discussed the words “çergüçi” and “çergüle” in this distich as a problem There is no exact explanation about the meaning and structure of the words This article puts forward the argument which the structure and meaning of these words can be explained with the help of the other work of this period Divanü Lugati’t –Türk The historical and contemporary Turkish dialects can be applied to explain the meaning of the words too In this article it is indicated that a connection between the words “çergüçi” and “çergüle” in Kutadgu Bilig with the verbs “çertil “ and “çert “ can be established Key Words : çergüçi çergüle Kutadgu Bilig Karakhanid Turkish period Divanü Lugati’t Türk

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