اوزان

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

  • اوزن

Etymology

The word has been variously read as ozan and uzan,[1][2] depending on the proposed etymology. Cognate with Mamluk-Kipchak اوزَن (ʾwzan /⁠ozan, uzan⁠/). Etymology itself is uncertain. Multiple theories have been proposed:

  • Doerfer, Räsänen and Ayverdi suggest a relation with Proto-Mongolic *uran, which Räsänen and Doerfer compare with Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“craftsman”).[2] Ayverdi suggests the word is a Mongolian borrowing[3][1]
  • Eren derives this noun from Proto-Common Turkic *oz- (“to win”). Fuat Köprülü, in his article named "Ozan", points out how Gülşehri, in his book Mantıku't Tayr, uses the verb [script needed] (ozmaq) while describing the bards singing. This is cited by Eren to support his derivation.[4]
  • Nişanyan proposes a borrowing from Iranian:[5] compare Parthian 𐫃𐫇𐫘𐫀𐫗 (gōsān), Old Armenian գուսան (gusan).
    • Eren discredits this etymology referencing the phonological issues.[4]

Noun

اوزان • (ʾwzʾn /ozan, uzan?/) (definite accusative اوزانی (ʾwzʾny /⁠ozanı, uzanı?⁠/), plural اوزانلر (ʾwzʾnlr /⁠ozanlar, uzanlar?⁠/))

  1. bard, folksinger, folk poet; a professional poet and singer among the Turkish people, whose occupation is to compose and sing verses
    • 14th Century, anonymous author, Dresden Manuscript: Kitāb-ı Dedem Ḳorḳud Alā Lisān-ı Tāife-i:
      اوزان ایدر قري‌لر دورت درلودر بريسي صملدرن صوپدر بريسي طولدرن طوپدر بريسي اوك طايغدر بريسي نچه سويلرسك بياغي‌در
      ozan eydür qarı-lar dört dürlüdür birisi solduran sopdur birisi ṭolduran ṭopdur birisi ẹvüŋ ṭayaġıdur birisi nẹçe söylerseŋ bayaġı-dur
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. loudmouth; one who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
    • 1330, Âşık Paşa, Garib-nâme, line 9198:
      عِزّتِنْ عَالِم‌لَرُكْ اُولْدُرْ بُوزَنْ
      عَالِمْ اِيكَنْ آدِنِی اَيْلَرْ اُوزَنْ
      ʾizzetin ʾālim-lerüŋ oldur bozan
      ʾālim iken adını eyler ozan
      it is what ruins the honors of the ulema
      it makes one's fame as an alim a fame as a loudmouth

Derived terms

  • اوزانلامق (ozanlamaq, “to blabber, to babble, to blather”)
  • اوزانلامه (ozanlama, “story”)
  • اوزانلق (ozanlıq, “quality of being a bard”)
  • اوزانلق ایتمك (ozanlıq ẹtmek, “to blabber, to babble, to blather”)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: ozan
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوزان (ozan)
  • → Middle Armenian: աւզան (awzan)
  • → Persian: اوزن (ūzan)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 597, page 147
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Räsänen, Martti (1969) “*ūz”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 517
  3. ^ Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ozan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eren, Hasan (1999) “ozan”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
  5. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ozan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “աւզան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 360a
  • Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “ozan”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 530
  • “ozan”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
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