The Word tabar >davar in The Historical Process of the Turkish Language and in Contemporary Turkish Dialects

Animal names have an important place in Turkish society. The word davar (cattle), known as the name of the animal today, is one of the words that have been used for a long time. In this study, the origin of the word davar and its use in the historical periods of the Turkish language were examined and its usage in contemporary Turkish dialects was examined through various dictionaries and literature, lexical and semantic analyzes were made over the obtained data. There are different ideas about the origin of the word davar. The verb "tap-", "phrase" (tab-ır), "the place where animals sleep, rest, drink water" or the name "tabar" are ideas about the origin. When the word davar is analyzed in terms of semantics, the periods when its meaning was goods and property word and the periods when its meaning was the name of the animal are given. It is also clarified whether the word has a meaning narrowing, specialization or expansion in the process. At same time, the reasons and processes of sound changes in the form of tabar > tawar, tıwar, twar > tavar > davar in the historical process are emphasized. In addition to these, the meanings of the word in different dialects and its idiomatic and stereotyped usage were also examined.