%0 Journal Article %T About Verbs £¿t- and £¿t- in Old Turkic %A Erdem U£¿ar %J - %D 2018 %X In Old Turkic, there are both £¿t- and £¿t-, which means ¡®to sing, to make sounds (for animals)¡¯. These are more prevalent in that period, but the use of £¿t- has diminished over time and has left its place to the £¿t-. The historical phonetics does not provide us any conclusive evidence whether there is a sound shifting at the beginning of the word like /£¿-/ > /£¿-/. For this reason, it is necessary to evaluate the two verbs separately. The existence of two verbs as a difference today in Turkic languages support our hypothesis %K £¿t- %K £¿t- %K etymology %K synonym %U http://dergipark.org.tr/jots/issue/38857/427132