Abstract
COMPOUND WORDS WITH NO SUFFIXES IN TURKIC
Compound words as the grammatical words, are kinds of words encountered commonly in almost every languages after simple and derivative ones. In some point, where simple and derivative words are not enough to meet the needs of naming some concepts and movements, compound words are employed. Compound words are the way of creating grammatical words in Turkic dialects. There are lots of nouns and verbs in the shape of compound words in these dialects. It has been seen that compound nouns are made generally the form of undefined compound nouns and adjective clauses. Compound nouns with no suffixes are employed as a method to create grammatical compound words. Since the Orkhon Inscriptions, compound words derivated in the form of compound words with no suffixes have been used in historical and modern dialects of Turkish. In this work, compound words which are used to compound words with no suffixes in Turkic.
Keywords
Orkhon, Modern Turkic dialects, Turkish, compound words, compound words with no suffixes.