Some Turkish Terms about Cities and Settlements

DOI 10.52773/tsuull.uzlc.2020.1/AHXH6357

Abstract

Abstract
The article, a part of the Turkic peoples are considered in the era of
antiquity and the early Middle Ages discusses the in formation according to
which, engaging in agriculture, gardening and various kinds of handicraft
production, and also had its own rich urban culture. One of the most reliable
proofs of the existence of cities the Turkish kaganate where ancient Turks
lived and is the existence of the originally Turkish terms balïq, Kerman,
Tara, tow / ton, qoriγan, uluš, denoting such concepts as “city”, “settlement”,
“village”, “fortress”. Since most of the terms are related to “clay, land”, this
means that the ancient Turks had permanent (stationary) and nomadic
(mobile) settlements.