Where Does The İğdiş Word Come From?

Abstract

In this article, the word iğdiş expressed to come from Persian language and defined as 'The one (animal especially the horse) who is made not to do his male duty by taking out his testes' in Turkish Dictioanary will be focused on. It is first seen in Karakhanid texts and that the word should be rooted from turkish will be exposed with its facts. The objections of reading it as ögdeş instead of igdiş in Divan- ı Lugat'it Türk will be arranged. It will be emphasized that the iğdiş in Turkey Turkish, get clears with igdişçi in Kutadgu Bilig and comes from the igdiş usage which meets the animal growing duty.