Names of Cereals in the Turkic Languages
Series: Studia Turcologica Cracoviensia
Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Kraków
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Turkic languages; Etymology
Description: The work presents etymologies of the Turkic names for the seven most important cereals: barley, corn, millet, oats, rice, rye and wheat. Altogether, 106 names are discussed.
As yet, the subject has not been dealt with as a whole. Propositions for etymologies of various names in single language are scattered in dictionaries and articles, usually only accompanied by a brief explanation. Here, the author tries to provide a possibly comprehensive commentary.
Each entry presents a list of phonetic variants of the word, an overview of previous etymologies and the author's standpoint expressed as exhaustively as possible but without loquacity.
The work closes with an enumeration and brief commentary of the most common naming patterns and semantic types which can be distinguished in the presented material.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 7; title: Barley
pagenum: 9; title: Corn
pagenum: 19; title: Millet
pagenum: 33; title: Oats
pagenum: 49; title: Rice
pagenum: 61; title: Rye
pagenum: 71; title: Wheat
pagenum: 87; title: Final Remarks
pagenum: 103; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: 107; title: Literature
pagenum: 109; title: Index of non-Turkic forms
pagenum: 117