Alışveriş sözcüğü üzerine bir inceleme

Trade is an economic activity that takes place between people the whole of products and services, purchase and sale by means of barter or money. For this reason, trade dates back to the history of humanity. In this case, it is inevitable that the words related to trade should be as old as each language. When we evaluate Turkish in this respect, it will not be surprising to see that many words related to trade have been used since Old Turkic. Moreover, it is seen that many Old Turkic words related to trade are still used today. For example; Some words such as satiġci “seller” and birim “debt” have changed, but despite all the changes, they are still used today. Nevertheless, there are structures in Old Turkic which have been replaced by other words. From this point of view, in this study, the word alisveris which was formed through reduplicated was examined. A general evaluation has been made on the structure, emergence and periods of this word. The word alisveris is an old word, although it is widely used and even accepted as a reduplication. In this study, an overview of the history of the word alisveris is given. In this way, it will be possible to see how old the word goes. However, in addition to the word shopping, the words used or preferred instead of the word shopping will also attract attention. Although it is not very comprehensive, the data obtained will reveal the preference in this field.