Abstract:

Flowers and other plants are not only in divan poetry; It is used both literally and metaphorically in folk and mystic poetry. Flowers are often described in encyclopedias and dictionaries as "a kind of flower, a kind of fragrant flower." It is used as a vocabulary in every field from the names of people, animals and settlements to daily conversations, idioms and proverbs. It is important to know the flowers and other plants that express cultural accumulation well in the evaluation of literary works and for researchers to better understand the works. In this study, the conceptual fields of flowers in Nevâdirü'ş- Şebâb, one of the Chagatai Turkish works, were tried to be examined in order to indicate the place of flowers in the cultural vocabulary. Nevâyî included poems he wrote between the ages of twenty and thirty-five in Nevâdirü'ş- Şebâb, which was prepared as a doctoral thesis by Metin Karaörs and which was also published. The poems about the feelings and thoughts of the youth age, the time spent in the plains and steppes of this age, the Turkish national customs and traditions such as horse love, javelin game, mutual conversations with the brave, and the values possessed in the youth age are included. As flower names in Nevâdirü'ş-şebab; Rose, Bud, Tuba, Hyacinth, Tulip, Violet, Jasmine, Narcissus are seen to be used. Rose: twenty, Bud: four, Tuba: one, Hyacinth: seven; Tulip: thirteen, Violet: one, Jasmine: one, Narcissus: two, it is seen to be used as a concept. These conceptual areas of flowers: Limbs: (Dear) cheek, stature, face, head, eye, head; Concrete Concepts: Combustive Materials: Fire; As Beverage: Tobacco; Religious Concepts: Persons: Beloved, beggar wearing a patched cardigan, bride, lover, prophet; Place: Place: To express the beloved village, the beloved station: station and place; Body Secretion: tears; Natural and cosmic element: sky; It is used to express plants, goods, clothes, drinks, outfits.

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