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About the Problem of Transcription in Rounded Vowels of the First Sylla-bles in Old Uighur

2017
In Old Uighur, how should be transcribed rounded vowels of the first syllables with helping writing systems of Uighurs? Turk Runic, Sogdian, Manichaean, Arabic alphabets can’t solve any solution for this problem. The only writing system that will help us in this problem is the Brāhmī writing system of Indian origin. In this paper, I would like to focus
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The Cosmic and Symbolic Meaning of the Moon in Old Uighur Buddhist Texts

Bu çalışmada, Eski Uygur Budist metinlerinde yer alan Marīcī figürü ile Ay’a dair sembolik, kozmolojik ve astronomik anlatımlar karşılaştırmalı bir perspektifle ele alınmıştır. Marīcī’nin ışık ve koruma temaları üzerinden kozmik düzenin dişil ilkesi olarak konumlandırılması, onun yalnızca Tantrik gelenekte değil, Eski Uygur Budist düşüncesinde de ...
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The Role of Translation in the Process of Old Uighurs’ Religious Conversion and Construction of a Language of Religion

Translation has started to be considered not only as a linguistic activity but also as a socio-cultural activity with the paradigm shift in translation theories, namely cultural turn. The descriptive paradigm, pioneered by Gideon Toury and Itamar Even-Zohar, studied translation in the context of ‘cultural planning’ together with other systems in ...
Yılmaz Kutlay, Sevcan, Özalan, Uluhan
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