Comparative Vocabulary in İranian Turkish Dialects (Azeri, Kashkay, Turkman, Halac)

Iran, which has an important place in Turkish history, is the home of many Turkish tribes today. Turkish people living in Iran speak different dialects of this language. Unfortunately, all these Turkic languages did not have a written language and remained under the dominance of Persian. Therefore, it is important to record the vocabulary of languages that do not have a written language. In this study, the vocabulary of Azerbaijani Turkish, Kashkay Turkish, Turkmen Turkish, which are in the subclass of the Oghuz group spoken in Iran, and Halach Turkish which is placed in an independent branch in Turkish language classifications are compared. In order to determine how far the aforementioned dialects diverge from each other or how much they are influenced by other languages spoken in Iran, field studies were conducted in different provinces where these languages are spoken. By examining the compiled materials, the names in the vocabulary of these dialects were revealed thematically. In addition, by scanning the Kashkay Turkish, Iranian Azerbaijani Turkish and Iranian Turkmen Turkish dictionaries, the names constituting the source of the thesis were determined. Thus, the obtained materials and the names compiled from the dictionaries were examined comparatively.