An Example to the Metonymic Expressions Related to Gypsies in the Sample of Turkish Dialects: “GYPSIES ARE STINGY”

There are numerous words related to gypsies in the dialects spoken in Turkey, some of which are abdal, cehūd, ？？gań, k？pt？, mutrib etc. The common trait of such words is that, they all imply “stingy” as well as “gypsy”, constituting a metonymycal perception. In this way, words related to stingy are also used for gypsies. In this study, the origin of the metonymycal use of “GYPSY = STINGY PEOPLE” will be investigated and the reasons for those metonymycal formations will be focused o