TARIHÎ TÜRK DİLİNİN YABANCI KAVRAMLARI KARŞILAMADA YETKİNLİĞİ: ASHÂB KAVRAMININ TÜRKÇE İLK KUR’AN ÇEVİRİLERİNDEKİ KARŞILIKLARI
Özet
It has been stated that loanwords are gained chiefly between languages, that has the same religious or literary backgrounds. When Turks entered into Islam in masses since 10th century, they have established a linguistic relationship with Arabic, the main language of Islam. In this study, Arabic ashab concept will be studied in different historical periods of Quran translations to Turkish. The study will focus on revealing the words or phrases that are employed instead of the concept.
Firstly, this article will provide brief explanation about one of the most common notions in Qur'an; "ashab". Later by examining the paraphrases of the concept in early Qur'an translations; the sufficinecy of Turkish phrases in substituting the concept will be analyzed. The article exerpts the contemporary texts comprising the "ashab" concept. It will be concluded that the older texts make use of Turkish terminology more with the prupose of ease of understanding and ease of disemmination of religious teaching.
Anahtar Kelimeler
The first Turkish Quran Translations; Ashab; loanwords; old Turkish language.