Abstract:

In a variety of research conducted so far on the Turkish culture on "ash", nation's beliefs and ideas on ash, fire in general, were addressed by clarifying issues on stove. Whereas, there are many cultural elements related to ash as powdery substance that we throw away as remnants of fire for centuries, which we benefit from it again for various purposes. An important part of these elements are reflected to our language within the folk literature such as proverbs, idioms, epics, tales, folk songs, requiems, applause, curse, taboos, etc. For instance, Turkish people have taboos about ashes such as do not step on ashes against ashes, do not scatter ashes, do not pour water to the ash, etc.. However, there are contradictory statements about the reason for the output source of such taboos. While some researchers associate the traditional practices related to ash coincident among the community, the others connects it with the stove or some other cult. These show that cultural values of ash are not fully identified in the minds of the Turkish people. Indeed, questions such as the place of ash in our culture, what are the cultural values in the society and how they are reflected to dialect has not yet found the answer. In addition, debate about the origin of the word "ash" continues. All these conduced toward approaching both linguistic and cultural dimensions of the subject "ash". The purpose of the study is to overcome the deficiencies and to contribute to solve the problems specified above. Due to the discussion of the subject in article format, it must be stated that it only mentions the use in Kyrgyz and it is limited to the Kyrgyz culture. The matter was approached in terms of language at first and the term "ash" was evaluated in terms of origin information and considering the history of Turkish and the use of other contemporary literary language. Then the Kyrgyz conceptual dimension of the word was emphasized and the use of the word in Kyrgyz proverbs and idioms were discussed to clarify this dimension. As is known, proverbs and idioms as the original product of the oral traditions, which combines language and folklore, are the values that have the characteristics of a bridge between the two. In particular, idioms reflect the unique ideas of public and the effect of the imagination. Thus, in the Kyrgyz proverbs and idioms, the folkloric dimension of the term "ash" must be examined while assessing the conceptual field of the term. From this point of view, the importance of ash in the Kyrgyz Folklore has been focused on further. As a result of the study, the following can be said about the origin of the term "ash", conceptual field in Kyrgyz and its importance in the Kyrgyz culture in summary: 1) The word "ash" did not undergone many changes in terms of both form and terms despite the fact that its written sources from ancient Uighur Turkish to each area of Turkish are encountered. The right approach to be emphasized about the word's origin is the approach that occur with the addition of the letter -l to the b-verb <*kü- "store, preserve" that transferred verb to word by Gülensoy. However, the kü- verb estimated to be used as "preserve, store" associate with the verb küy- used as "burn; external carbonization; be angry; feel pain; long for; worry; be anxious; be sad; sincere love" as in some Turkish literary languages such as New Uygur, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tatar. The -y- at the end of the verb küy- is the developed version of the -d- suffix that is the additional reinforcement suffix from Old Turkish to -d- and -y- in the following eras. Thus, there is a possibility that the verb *kü- has the meanings of "burn, feel the pain" as well as "to store, preserve" and the possibility to have the word ash originate from the nominalization of the -l suffix is higher. 2) "Ash" in the minds of the Kyrgyz has taken place in both positive and negative concepts and they have been reflected to their language, literature, traditions, custom

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