Etymological Dictionary of The Tatar Language As The Source of Turkic Language Vocabulary Comparative Study

Abstract

Etymological dictionaries contain the information about the origin of words of a particular language or a group of related languages. Based on the materials of these works, you can trace the ancient ties of peoples, they represent the richest base for comparative studies. The purpose of this article is to identify some common lexemes of the thematic group "food" from the Tatar and Turkic languages. This layer of vocabulary is studied on the material of the Tatar language etymological dictionary in terms of comparison of dish names in different languages and dialects. The choice of the study object and subject is explained by the fact that the most accurate method for the study of a particular language vocabulary is the study by subject groups. In the process of such research, various layers of vocabulary are revealed, characterizing its historical relationship with other languages. The result of this study showed, that the lexical units of the thematic group "food" have parallels in many Turkic languages. Most of them have Turkic roots, and some were borrowed from the Tatar by nearest neighbors, in particular by Mari and Udmurt. In semantic aspect, words generally have a common meaning in many Turkic languages, and in some cases serve as the names of various dishes for different peoples. The similarities and differences in the lexical system of related and unrelated languages revealed as the result of research help to clarify the peculiarities of Tatar language culinary terminology formation and development.