Abstract:

Ali Şîr Nevâyi, who has a very important place for Chagatai Turkish and Turkish literature, was born in Herat in 1441 and died in 1501 in the place where he was born. It is known that Nevâyî played a very active role in the formation of classical Chagatai literature in an environment where Persian was the official language. To date, numerous studies have been carried out on his works. In this study, the idioms in Nevâyî's second divan called Nevâdirü'ş-Şebâb (The rarities of the Youth Ages) and which were established with organ names were discussed and examined. As a result of the examination, the number of idioms formed with organ names in the work in question was determined as 24. Especially 47 idioms formed with the word head, 55 formed with the word heart, 44 formed with the word eye, and 19 phrases formed with the word face are striking with their numerical excess and the diversity of the concepts they meet. In the introduction part of the study, the life and literary personality of Alî Şîr Nevâyî, the importance of idioms and organ names in the formation of idioms are briefly mentioned. In the main part of the study, idioms formed with organ names in Nevâdirü'ş-Şebâb are given in alphabetical order. In the conclusion part, the idioms in the work in question have been subjected to a general evaluation by taking into account the concepts they meet and their numerical data, and also by making use of the table.