The Structural and Semantic Analysis of some Turkish Names in Tārīkh-e Jahāngushāy-e Juvayni

Tārīkh-e Jahāngushāy-e Juvayni is a valuable book in the history of the Mongols, the Khwarazmian dynasty, and the Ismailis of Alamut by Ata Malik Juvayni. Because of the detailed historical and social issues of that period, names of many of the kings, ministers and great men of that time have been mentioned in the book and many of them are Turkish and Mongolian. Unfortunately, due to the lack of familiarity with the Turkish language, many of these names have been spelled incorrectly even among scholars of history and literature. They, in many cases, have misunderstood the meaning of those names. Given the importance of correct pronouncing of names in reading the text and understanding their correct meaning, this research is a library and field study based on the dictionary of Turkish words, and the use of logical linguistic reasons such as word root verification, referencing to synonyms, using in other sentences, and interviews with scholars from different Turkish speaking regions with the aim of explaining some names in this book and their relatively correct meanings. For this purpose, twenty-five names in this book that contained mistakes in other descriptions and articles in pronouncing or explaining their meaning and some names containing linguistic points were selected and explained.