The Archaic Elements in Ladik (Samsun) Dialect

Ladik is one of the seventeen districts of Samsun province, which is located within the borders of the Central Black Sea according to the current geographical classification. Also, in terms of geographical location, it is located in the interior of Samsun. Ladik's history dates back to antiquity and the most comprehensive information about Ladik is found in Evliya Çelebi's work “Seyahatname” and in the works “Amasya Tarihi” of Amasya Abdizâde Hüseyin Hüsameddin Efendi. The works contain remarkable information and findings in terms of Ladik's name, history, economy, population, promenade locations and architectural features. Turkey Turkish dialects are separated from the standard language in terms of the basic characteristics. It is a legacy in terms of phonetics, morphological and vocabulary, as it contains words and suffixes that do not use standard language. For this reason, archaic elements are used when analyzing Turkish in terms of phone, morpho and vocabulary. Recently, the interaction between Turkey Turkish dialects and standard language has increased thanks to the increased communication opportunities, education and teaching. As a result of this interaction, a number of elements in the dialect began to disappear over time. In this study were examined the archaic elements found in the Ladik (Samsun) dialect, one of the Turkey Turkish dialects. Since Ladik (Samsun) dialect has a dialect structure that is influenced by both Oghuz and Kipchak Turkish, some words with archaic elements also have figures of Kipchak Turkish in their phone and vocabulary descriptions. The archaic words examined were given starting from the Old Turkish period to the early era of Western Turkish period. Some words are also given as they appear in historical Turkish dialects.

Keywords

Old Turkish, Archaic, Turkey Turkish Dialects, Ladik (Samsun) Dialect, Vocabulary, Phonetic.