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Lexical Equivalence Between the Turkic Languages 

Prof. Dr. Mustafa UĞURLU  

Abstract: Today there is a great number of Turkic languages or lit-

erary languages that arose out of historical and political reasons in 

the Turkish world. These languages demonstrate differences from 

each other in terms of various aspects and vocabulary is the most 

significant area in this respect. The Turkish dialects have vo-

cabularies peculiar to them. However, these vocabularies corre-

spond to some extent on the level of “primary branch” and to a 

lesser degree on “Common Turkish.” Belonging to the same 

branch of languages plays a great role in the correspondence of 

vocabularies of Turkic languages as well as their economical and 

cultural relations with each other and religious and political influ-

ences from outside. 

By the term “lexical equivalence,” we mean the correspondence of 

the words in two different languages with regard to their “semantic 

field.” The fact that the vocabularies of Turkic do not fully corre-

spond increases the importance of the issue of lexical equivalence. 

The reason for this is that the success of the translations among 

Turkic languages depends on knowing and using the equivalent 

word of the “source language” in the “target language.” In the 

context of lexical equivalence, the relationships of “one-to-one,” 

“one-to-many” and “one-to-none” are observed. For a successful 

translation, especially “one-to-many” relationship should be paid 

due attention, otherwise the possibility of making a mistake in 

translating such words increases. 

 

Key Words: Turkic languages, translation, lexical equivalence 

 

 

 

                                           

 Muğla University, Faculty of Arts and Science / MUGLA 

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