TAVŞAN SÖZCÜĞÜNÜN ETĠMOLOJĠSĠ ÜZERĠNE
ABOUT THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TAVĢAN

Summary/Abstract: The tavşan word it is used in many different fields, both in its own sense and in analogy beginning from oldest texts of Turkish. Besides being used in its own meaning in the Old Turkish and Middle Turkish periods, we may also observe that the word tavşan, which comes out with the use of the "Tavşan Yılı" in the twelve animal calendars, is also used in the sense of sporting meanings through analogies. At the present time, it is used in various fields such as Turkish dictionary, Scan dictionary and Compilations dictionary. By analogy and concretization, it is also possible to see the Word tavşan for instance in a name of team star, many plants or many diseases in botany, medicine sports geograpy and many other areas. There have been many evaluations of the origin of the word tavşan. For example, According to one evaluation from Tuncer Gülensoy, tavşan Word consists of taw (jumping) rı- ş- gan. İn addition to the view that it was made by adding “gan” suffix to the “tabış” verb wich was used in old Turkish (tabış- gan). We also see that it was derived from “tavış” which means noice and uproar. When the article will first mention the views raised on the root of the word "rabbit" in the Turkish texts and in the Turkish dialects, it will be also given to the views put forward earlier on origin of the Word. lastly the word tavşan; Trying to put forward the idea that "tab", which means flattening, kicking, and hitting, may have been derived from the root of the name in two different ways.

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