Heikki Paasonen’in Csuvas Szójegyzék Adlı Sözlüğü Üzerine Sözlük Bilimsel ve Köken Bilimsel Bir İnceleme

Abstract

Csuvas Szójegyzék is a Chuvash-Hungarian-German trilingual and partially etymological dictionary prepared by Heikki Paasonen in 1908. This dictionary is of great importance for Turkology and Altaic studies in terms of the etymological and folkloric material it contains. The translation of the dictionary published by the Turkish Language Association in 1950 cannot be used in scientific studies today due to transcription problems, inadequate printing facilities of the time, and many deficiencies and errors. Based on this, this study aims to prepare a new Turkish translation of Csuvas Szójegyzék that is true to the Chuvash-Hungarian-German original, eliminates the errors and deficiencies in the original, and makes it easier to use. The study consists of three main sections. The first section discusses Heikki Paasonen's life, field trips, and works. The second section compares the features of Csuvas Szójegyzék’s translation made by the Turkish Language Association in 1950 and the new Turkish translation, and also discusses the method of our study. The third and final section includes Csuvas Szójegyzék’s new Turkish translation. This thesis was prepared with the support of the Turkish Language Association.