ABOUT THE ORIGIN, MEANINGS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORD “GEVREK”

Mehmet Oğuzhan Kuşoğlu

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ABOUT THE ORIGIN, MEANINGS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORD “GEVREK”

Authors:

Mehmet Oğuzhan Kuşoğlu

Publisher:

Ankara University

Main Topics:

Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Kuzey-Batı (Kıpçak) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları (Diğer)

Journal:

Ankara Anadolu ve Rumeli Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.161-185

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355067

pISSN:

2717-9052

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Abstract:

 It is a known fact that the Turks settled in a very wide geography extending from China to the Balkans, starting from the centuries before Christ. It is natural that the different Turkish tribes that settled in such a wide area had intense cultural exchange with neighboring tribes and nations speaking different languages. One of these geographies is the Balkans. Starting with the Huns, many different Turkish states and communities have settled in the Balkans over the centuries. It is known that the Ottoman State, which last ruled the region, was the Turkish state that existed in this geography for the longest time. The Ottomans, who used the term Rumelia for the Balkans, settled Oghuz-Turkmen tribes from Anatolia in the regions they conquered starting from the 14th century. These Turkish tribes taught the cultural characteristics they carried from Anatolia to the people of the region and gave thousands of words from Turkish to languages such as Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek and Albanian. One of the words that passed into the Balkan languages was gevrek. The word gevrek, which is essentially a Turkish adjective meaning weak, fragile, gentle, soft, has become a noun used instead of simit in the Aegean Region and especially in the Izmir region, as well as in many Balkan languages.

 It is a known fact that the Turks settled in a very wide geography extending from China to the Balkans, starting from the centuries before Christ. It is natural that the different Turkish tribes that settled in such a wide area had intense cultural exchange with neighboring tribes and nations speaking different languages. One of these geographies is the Balkans. Starting with the Huns, many different Turkish states and communities have settled in the Balkans over the centuries. It is known that the Ottoman State, which last ruled the region, was the Turkish state that existed in this geography for the longest time. The Ottomans, who used the term Rumelia for the Balkans, settled Oghuz-Turkmen tribes from Anatolia in the regions they conquered starting from the 14th century. These Turkish tribes taught the cultural characteristics they carried from Anatolia to the people of the region and gave thousands of words from Turkish to languages such as Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek and Albanian. One of the words that passed into the Balkan languages was gevrek. The word gevrek, which is essentially a Turkish adjective meaning weak, fragile, gentle, soft, has become a noun used instead of simit in the Aegean Region and especially in the Izmir region, as well as in many Balkan languages.

 It is a known fact that the Turks settled in a very wide geography extending from China to the Balkans, starting from the centuries before Christ. It is natural that the different Turkish tribes that settled in such a wide area had intense cultural exchange with neighboring tribes and nations speaking different languages. One of these geographies is the Balkans. Starting with the Huns, many different Turkish states and communities have settled in the Balkans over the centuries. It is known that the Ottoman State, which last ruled the region, was the Turkish state that existed in this geography for the longest time. The Ottomans, who used the term Rumelia for the Balkans, settled Oghuz-Turkmen tribes from Anatolia in the regions they conquered starting from the 14th century. These Turkish tribes taught the cultural characteristics they carried from Anatolia to the people of the region and gave thousands of words from Turkish to languages such as Bulgarian, Serbian, Greek and Albanian. One of the words that passed into the Balkan languages was gevrek. The word gevrek, which is essentially a Turkish adjective meaning weak, fragile, gentle, soft, has become a noun used instead of simit in the Aegean Region and especially in the Izmir region, as well as in many Balkan languages.

 Türklerin milattan önceki yüzyıllardan başlamak suretiyle Çinden Balkanlara kadar uzanan çok geniş bir coğrafyada yerleştikleri bilinen bir gerçektir. Böylesine geniş bir alanı yurt tutan farklı Türk boylarının, farklı dillerde konuşan komşu kavim ve milletlerle yoğun bir kültürel alışverişte bulunmaları doğaldır. Bu coğrafyalardan biri de Balkanlardır. Hunlardan başlamak üzere, yüzyıllar boyunca çok sayıda farklı Türk devlet ve topluluğu Balkanlara yerleşmiştir. Bölgede en son hüküm süren Osmanlı Devletinin ise bu coğrafyada en uzun süre bulunan Türk devleti olduğu bilinmektedir. Balkanlar için Rumeli tabirini kullanan Osmanlılar, XIV. yüzyıldan itibaren fethettikleri bölgelere Anadoludan Oğuz-Türkmen boylarını iskân ettirmişlerdir. Bu Türk boyları, Anadoludan taşıdıkları kültürel özelliklerini bölge halklarına öğreterek Bulgarca, Sırpça, Yunanca, Arnavutça, gibi dillere Türkçeden binlerce kelime vermişlerdir. Balkan dillerine geçen kelimelerden biri de gevrek olmuştur. Esasen zayıf, kırılgan, nazik, yumuşak manasında Türkçe bir sıfat olan gevrek kelimesi, Ege Bölgesinde ve özellikle İzmir yöresinde, aynı zamanda Balkan dillerinin birçoğunda simit yerine kullanılan bir isim olmuştur.

Article Details

ABOUT THE ORIGIN, MEANINGS AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORD “GEVREK”

Authors:

Mehmet Oğuzhan Kuşoğlu

Publisher:

Ankara University

Main Topics:

Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Kuzey-Batı (Kıpçak) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları (Diğer)

Journal:

Ankara Anadolu ve Rumeli Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.161-185

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355067

pISSN:

2717-9052

gevrek

The Verb “Gevre-”

Bagel

İzmir

Modern Turkic Written Languages

Balkan LanguagesGEVREK

GEVRE-

SİMİT

İZMİR

ÇAĞDAŞ TÜRK YAZI DİLLERİ

BALKAN DİLLERİ

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Authors: Mehmet Oğuzhan Kuşoğlu

Publisher: Ankara University

Main Topics: Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Kuzey-Batı (Kıpçak) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları (Diğer)

Journal: Ankara Anadolu ve Rumeli Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.161-185

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2025

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2001355067

pISSN: 2717-9052

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Authors:

Mehmet Oğuzhan Kuşoğlu

Publisher:

Ankara University

Main Topics:

Güney-Batı (Oğuz) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Kuzey-Batı (Kıpçak) Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları | Çağdaş Türk Lehçeleri ve Edebiyatları (Diğer)

Journal:

Ankara Anadolu ve Rumeli Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.6 Issue 11, pp.161-185

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2025

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2001355067

pISSN:

2717-9052