Abstract
On the Borrowings from Arabic, Persian and Russian in Tatar Riddles
Riddles are one of the most important elements of folk culture. They have many clues showing neighborhood relations, such as other folk literature products. This study deals with borrowed elements in Tatar riddles and borrowings form Arabic, Persian and Russian are studied according to their phonetic and semantic properties. In this study, totally 482 borrowed elements are evaluated. The distribution of borrowings are as follows: Arabic 250 (%52), Farsça 101 (%21), Russian 131 (%27).<
Keywords
Tatar, riddles, borrowing, loanword, folk literature