Turkish - Azerbaijani Dictionary of Interlingual Homonyms and Paronyms

Vügar Sultanzade Mediterranean University in North Cyprus

Edited by Javanshir Shibliyev

Although mutual intelligibility between Turkish and Azerbaijani is extremely high, it is possible to observe differences in the use of homonymous words. Interlingual homonyms are words and idioms which are identical in form but different in meaning. Interlingual paronyms are like homonyms. They are etymologically related words, which have slight differences in form and have different meanings. Interlingual homonyms and paronyms are thought to be the most problematic words for translators, they are often named “translator’s false friends”.

As the issue of such words between Turkish and Azerbaijani has not been subjected to comprehensive investigations, the aim of this dictionary is to fill this gap and present challenging material for the study of diachronic and interference problems between Oghuz languages.

The book consists of the preface, the dictionary part and appendixes. Preface focuses on the main reasons that interlingual homonyms and paronyms emerge. In the dictionary part, a large number of interlingual homonyms and paronyms have been subjected to comprehensive analysis. Appendix I contains the list of verbs which have one and the same meaning but different argument structures in Turkish and Azerbaijani. Appendix II provides index of interlingual homonyms and paronyms.

The dictionary can serve as a valuable source for linguists who are interested in Turkic languages, both synchronically and diachronically.

ISBN 9783895866784. LINCOM Studies in Asian Linguistics 75. 184pp. 2009.