FOLK AND TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN ANCIENT TURKS AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN “DEVONU LUG‘ATI-T-TURK"

Abstract

The work "Devonu lug'ati-t-turk" written by Mahmud Koshgari, a great linguist of the Turkic peoples, in the second half of the 11th century, is not only a source of linguistics, but also a source of social history of the Turkic peoples in ancient and medieval times. - It is of particular importance as a primary source that provides extensive information about political and economic-cultural life. The work contains thousands of words and phrases used in daily life by many Turkic peoples, natural climate and geographical conditions, areas where Turkic peoples are spread, household and economic lifestyle of the population, ancient Turkish society, family and relatives. Brief and primary information about agricultural traditions, ethnocultural situation in the region, material and spiritual life of different peoples, health, ideology, religion, etc. If we refer to the words and terms related to the health of the population and folk medicine, reflected in "Devon", it can be seen that the ancient Turks had a unique medical culture in this regard.