Abstract:

Animals, which are an elements of nature, have been seen as a part of life by humans and have been positioned separately from other living beings by assigning positive meanings to some of them. These entities are sometimes used to reinforce meaning in literary works based on their real and sometimes surreal characteristics. The place of birds is among animals both physically and in character. It is possible to come across some bird names attributed to spiritual characteristics by human beings in important works of Turkish literature. Ali Şir Nevâyî’s fourth divan, Fevayîdü’l-Kiber, which made great contributions to the development of the Chagatay written language, is an important work written by the poet during his old age. The work, which contains 680 ghazals, provides important data in terms of vocabulary. Couplets about birds are frequently encountered in the work. In terms of physical and character traits, birds are used in couplets in terms of analogy. Nevâyî’s language is multi-layered in terms of meaning and therefore provides material in many ways. The master poet is able to convey the opposite feelings about a concept in his poems at the same time. When we look at Nevâyî’s couplets about birds, we see that both positive and negative comparisons are made at the same time. For example; pheasants and peacocks reflect both the beauty of the lover and the type of person who is fond of arrogance and appearance. In this study, an examination was made on the names of birds mentioned in Ali Şir Nevâyî’s divan called Fevayîdü’l-Kiber, and birds were evaluated in terms of the analogy aspects in the couplets.