Abstract:

Homonym one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning. There is a confusion of concepts in the term "homonym" in Turkish. In Turkish, homonym is also known as homophony, and etc. In this context, the Turkish dictionary contains homonyms defined in Roman numerals at the beginning of the separate lexical entry. In this study, all of the words with homonyms were determined by the general scanning model, and 641 words with homonyms were recorded. The formation ways of the homonyms have been determined, and various classifications have been created according to the formation ways. It has been revealed that some of the words named homonym in the Turkish dictionary have been named homonym throughout history, while other words have become homonym for different reasons. The reasons for the occurrence of homonym in the Turkish dictionary are borrowed words; phonetic, morphology and semantic changes and vocabulary. Various subtitles of these main reasons have been created, and the words with homonyms are placed in the relevant headings. It has been determined that more than half of the homonyms are derived from the borrowed words. Languages that cause co-naming originate from various languages such as Arabic, Persian, French, and Greek. Some homonyms have emerged with meaning events such as polysemy and meaning expansion. Some of the homonyms are formed as a result of phonetic and morphological changes. 28 words named original homonym, that is historical homonym, were determined.

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