The Indirect Words Concerning Children In Turkmen

The word çocuk means piglet in Divanu Lugati’tTurk. Later on, this word was also meant child in some Turkic languages, an example of meaning improvement. However the word written as cocuk preserved its original meaning in Turkmen. In Turkmen, when some words were uttered, it is easily understood that the word is about children by people who speak that language. In other words, when these words are used, children come to mind: bala “child”, çağa “child”, doğma “son”, perzent “generation, child” etc. On the other hand, some of aforementioned words describe the children indirectly. These words are used figuratively. All of these words means ‘affectinately loved’ child. They frequently used when children are called out: ciğerbent “literally ‘the tissue connecting liver to the body’, the child who is loved very much”, köşek “literally ‘the baby camel’, a nich name used for cute children”, mazı “literally ‘a type of melon’, a nich name used for cute children”. It is possible to come accress these type of expression variety in other languages as well as Turkic languages.