The Conceptual Superiority of the Right Side and Its Linguistic Reflections: A Study on the Verbs Oŋul-/Oŋal- and Saġal-

Emine Güler

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The Conceptual Superiority of the Right Side and Its Linguistic Reflections: A Study on the Verbs Oŋul-/Oŋal- and Saġal-

Yazarlar:

Emine Güler

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.1259-1283

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357386

pISSN:

2548-0502

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 In many cultures, the concept of right holds sacred connotations, and among the Turks, it carries a particularly privileged significance. As with other action-oriented societies, spatial and directional terminology occupies an important place in the Turkish language. The lexicon of Old Turkic inscriptions is especially illustrative in this respect. In directional ordering, the Turks priori-tized the eastwhere the sun risesfollowed by south, west, and north. The south, positioned immediately after the east, symbolized the right side and was thus considered sacred. The exalted status of the right in Turkic mythology and oral literature corresponds to its representation of goodness, truth, beauty, and paradisea symbolic framework that continued after the adoption of Islam, in which the left came to signify evil, error, and hell. This study focuses on the verbs oŋul-, oŋal-, and saġal-, meaning to recover from illness or wounds, to heal. These verbs can be analy-zed in the context of the cultural perception of the right side as inherently positive. Of particular interest is the verb saġal-, which appears primarily in texts from the Khwarezm-Kipchak region and demonstrates semantic and morphological parallels with oŋal-. The study explores the historical roots and derivations of these verbs, drawing on attestations from various historical dialects, and aims to trace their usage across Eastern and Western Turkic literary traditions.

 In many cultures, the concept of right holds sacred connotations, and among the Turks, it carries a particularly privileged significance. As with other action-oriented societies, spatial and directional terminology occupies an important place in the Turkish language. The lexicon of Old Turkic inscriptions is especially illustrative in this respect. In directional ordering, the Turks priori-tized the eastwhere the sun risesfollowed by south, west, and north. The south, positioned immediately after the east, symbolized the right side and was thus considered sacred. The exalted status of the right in Turkic mythology and oral literature corresponds to its representation of goodness, truth, beauty, and paradisea symbolic framework that continued after the adoption of Islam, in which the left came to signify evil, error, and hell. This study focuses on the verbs oŋul-, oŋal-, and saġal-, meaning to recover from illness or wounds, to heal. These verbs can be analy-zed in the context of the cultural perception of the right side as inherently positive. Of particular interest is the verb saġal-, which appears primarily in texts from the Khwarezm-Kipchak region and demonstrates semantic and morphological parallels with oŋal-. The study explores the historical roots and derivations of these verbs, drawing on attestations from various historical dialects, and aims to trace their usage across Eastern and Western Turkic literary traditions.

 In many cultures, the concept of right holds sacred connotations, and among the Turks, it carries a particularly privileged significance. As with other action-oriented societies, spatial and directional terminology occupies an important place in the Turkish language. The lexicon of Old Turkic inscriptions is especially illustrative in this respect. In directional ordering, the Turks priori-tized the eastwhere the sun risesfollowed by south, west, and north. The south, positioned immediately after the east, symbolized the right side and was thus considered sacred. The exalted status of the right in Turkic mythology and oral literature corresponds to its representation of goodness, truth, beauty, and paradisea symbolic framework that continued after the adoption of Islam, in which the left came to signify evil, error, and hell. This study focuses on the verbs oŋul-, oŋal-, and saġal-, meaning to recover from illness or wounds, to heal. These verbs can be analy-zed in the context of the cultural perception of the right side as inherently positive. Of particular interest is the verb saġal-, which appears primarily in texts from the Khwarezm-Kipchak region and demonstrates semantic and morphological parallels with oŋal-. The study explores the historical roots and derivations of these verbs, drawing on attestations from various historical dialects, and aims to trace their usage across Eastern and Western Turkic literary traditions.

 Pek çok kültürde kutsiyet atfedilen yön olarak sağ kavramı, Türkler için de ayrıcalıklı bir öneme sahip olmuştur. Eylem temelli yaşayan tüm kavimlerde olduğu gibi Türkler için de yön ve yer adlandırmaları dilde geniş yer tutmaktadır. Yazıtların söz varlığı bu bakımdan dikkat çekicidir. Türkler yön tariflerinde önem sırasına göre önce güneşin doğduğu taraf olan doğu, sonra sırasıyla güney, batı ve kuzey yönlerini sıralarlardı. Güney, güneşin doğuş yönü olan doğudan sonra en önemli yön olarak sağı temsil etmekte ve kutsal görülmekteydi. Mitolojik ögelerde ve sözlü edebi-yat ürünlerinde ululanan sağın bu ayrıcalıklı konumu semavi dinlerde de yer alan iyiyi, doğruyu, güzeli ve dolayısıyla cennet yönünü; solun ise kötüyü, yanlışı, istenmeyeni ve dolayısıyla cehennemi işaret etmesinden dolayı İslamiyetin kabulünden sonra da devam etmiştir. Çalışmanın konu-sunu teşkil eden oŋul-oŋal- ve saġal- hastayara iyileşmek, düzelmek fiilleri de türetiliş mantığı açısından sağ yönün olumlu algılanması bağlamında değerlendirilebilir. Özellikle ilk olarak Harezm-Kıpçak sahası eserlerinde karşılaşılan saġal- fiilinin oŋal- fiilinin kök anlamı ve türetme eki ile örtüşmesi ve oluşan fiilin de aynı anlamı işaret ediyor olması dikkat çekicidir. Çalışma kapsamında bu fiiller köken açısından incelenecek, kök sözcükleri ve türemeleri tarihî lehçelerden tanıklanacaktır. Böylece fiillerin Doğu ve Batı Türkçesi eserlerindeki kullanımları belirlenmeye çalışılacaktır.

Makale detayları

The Conceptual Superiority of the Right Side and Its Linguistic Reflections: A Study on the Verbs Oŋul-/Oŋal- and Saġal-

Yazarlar:

Emine Güler

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.1259-1283

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357386

pISSN:

2548-0502

Oŋul-/oŋal

saġal-

cognate words

right–left perception

historical turkic dialectsOŋul-/oŋal-

saġal-

kökteş sözcükler

sağ-sol algısı

tarihî Türk lehçeleri.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Emine Güler

Yayıncı: Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar: Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Dergi: Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.1259-1283

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001357386

pISSN: 2548-0502

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Emine Güler

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı (Diğer)

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.1259-1283

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001357386

pISSN:

2548-0502