Ancient Turkish words in Fuzuli's poem "Leyli and Majnun"

Abstract

The works that brought great fame to the great Azerbaijani poet and thinker, the pride and pride of the entire Turkic world, Muhammad Fuzuli, are the peak of Turkish divan and epic poetry, the epic of immortal love "Leyli and Majnun". The poem "Leyli and Majnun" written by the great master of words in 1537, with its deep content and high artistic qualities, harmony and fluidity, became well-known in the wide geographical area inhabited by Turks since the middle centuries, and it became a memory of languages. Manuscript copies of the poem that have survived to this day and were made in various countries are an undeniable indicator of this fame and love. Taken as a whole, the poem "Leyli and Majnun" written in a simple language for today's Azerbaijani reader, contains a number of old Turkish words, which have an archaic character for the modern Azerbaijani literary language. In the article, some of the archaisms of Turkish origin included in Fuzuli's poem "Leyli and Majnun" are considered in a historical-comparative aspect.
Key words: Fuzuli, "Leyli and Majnun", archaisms, anca, çizginmək, diñləmək.