Words of Turkish Origin in English

Farida Ismailova

Vol-8,Issue-2,March - April 2023

Author: Farida Ismailova

Keywords: borrowings, Turkish origin, English, terminology, language

Abstract: This paper presents and describes the process of borrowing of Turkic origin words into English. The languages of the world have been enriched at the expense of each other for millennia. Every day, new words are created in the languages of the world, and these words typically spread new concepts or refined concepts to neighboring or related languages. There is a very ancient history of borrowing words of Turkish origin into different languages. In English it was happened as a result of Mongol-Tatar invasions of Europe, these words began to enter in the form of terms. Basically, the words used by Byron in his oriental poems are described, the stylistic features of these words are revealed. Using the words of Turkic origin, Byron portrayed the oriental flavor, replenished the English vocabulary. In general, some Turkic words borrowed into English entered the Great Oxford Dictionary and are still used in everyday life.

Article Info: Received: 11 Mar 2023; Received in revised form: 13 Apr 2023; Accepted: 19 Apr 2023; Available online: 25 Apr 2023

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.82.25