A Passage of the Old Uighur Four Brahman Story
Özet
Among the old Turkish texts, the handwrittens from Uighurs have an important place in terms of content, variety and grammatical features. Old Uighur texts, on the one hand, show language structure of the period in which they were written, on the other hand they include derivations and translations showing the existence of terms of newly entered religions, especially Buddhism. In this respect, in order to enlighten the historical accumulation of Turkish, unpublished Uighur texts should be brought to light. In this study, the handwritten registered with the number 752 in the Mainz Collection in Germany, which is commented among the Uighur narratives, will be given demonstration and this text will be published including transliteration, transcription, explanations and index. Based on its content, this handwritten, which is called "Old Uighur Four Brahman Story" by us, has a remarkable content in terms of vocabulary. While certain words are encountered for the first time in this handwritten, some of these words appear with their use which has never been seen before. Furthermore, approach of religious terms' translation into Turkish is worthy of attention in this text. Our an attractive language trophy will be clarified by this study which expected to contribute to Uighur text edition activities which began in Germany firstly Turkey-oriented.
