Ethnographisms in the Abay’s poem «Eskilik kiimi»

Abstract

The four-verse poem of the great Kazakh poet Abay «Eskilik kiimi» describes the clothing and
equipment of the ancient Kazakh hunter. Since the poem describes the nomadic culture of the early era, there are
many ethnographisms, historicisms that are characteristic of the early period and are not currently used. Since
some of the ethnographisms and historicisms are not used in the modern Kazakh language, it was necessary
to refer to the materials of Turkic written monuments and languages to determine their main meanings. The
article analyzes ethnographic names that are currently not used and some of them do not make sense using the
historical-comparative method.