Abstract:

It is possible to say that the vocabulary of Anatolian dialects has a wider structure than standard language in terms of derivations, archaic elements, idioms and proverbs, and synonymous and polysemous words. In Turkish folk culture, there are many beings that have their own latent powers and extraordinary features. They are thought to affect people and are related to people's beliefs. In this study, language elements of extraordinary beings mentioned in the Compilation Dictionary were determined. Among these language elements, words that are near-synonymous in terms of both meaning and naming and words with common extraordinary features were grouped together, classified and examined. As a result, it is revealed that Anatolian dialects have a rich vocabulary in terms of extraordinary beings and the name of these beings. It is also determined that the extraordinary beings in Turkish culture and the beliefs shaped in the axis of these beings have alwaysined their existence even if their beliefs systems change.

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