Open AccessFrom the noun (h)atar 'will, favour, mercy' to the adjective bezajtren 'careless'
Author(s) -
Snežana Petrović
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
južnoslovenski filolog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0763
pISSN - 0350-185X
DOI - 10.2298/jfi0965319p
Subject(s) - adjective , linguistics , turkish , parallels , noun , psychology , literature , history , philosophy , art , mechanical engineering , engineering
The paper analyzes different forms and meanings of the Turkish loan-word (h)atar 'will, favour, mercy' and its lexical family. It also emphasizes the use of the words analyzed in specific phraseological structures and the meanings derived from respective contexts. These are accompanied by parallels from other Balkan languages as well as their Turkish prototypes - whenever they are attested. The paper also offers an etymological explanation of the dialectal adjective bezajtren 'careless'