The term ‘binomial’ refers to a pair of words denoting a synonymous or related idea, and sequence of words pertaining to the same form-class, placed at an identical level of syntactic hierarchy, and ordinarily connected by some kind of lexical link. In Turkish and all other languages, binominal are a group of words formed with similar or different words in order to reinforce the meaning of the sentence in which it is used, to strengthen it and to make it more remarkable. Binomials have obvious functions and occurrence situations in the sentence. Binomials are formed by the repetition of the same two words (yavaş yavaş, güzel güzel, etc.), the use of close-meaning words (eş dost, sağ salim, yalan yanlış, etc.), the use of antonyms (ileri geri, az çok, aşağı yukarı, etc.), the same words. By using words with meaning (akıllı uslu, ev bark, kılık kıyafet, etc.), by using words one of which is meaningful and the other meaningless (eğri büğrü, hayal meyal, etc.), by using two meaningless words (mırın kırın, yalap şalap etc.), voice imitation (It is created by using onomatopoeic words (vızır vızır, gürül gürül, etc.) and adding the /m/ sound to the beginning of the second word (ev mev, şaka maka, etc.). In this study, the binomials used in Yunus Emre’s Risâletü’n-Nushiyye are examined. Risaletü’n-Nushiyye has an extremely rich structure in terms of using binomials. In the work, the number of binomials created with Turkish words, Arabic and Persian words is quite high. In addition, there are also binomials formed by the combination of both Turkish and Arabic and Persian words. Binomials are sometimes formed without suffix and sometimes with the suffix. There are also many binomials formed by conjunctions or relativity. The aim of this study is to show to what extent the power of Turkish to use binomials exists in the work called Risâletü’n-Nushiyye. As a method, It is based on Prof. Dr. Funda TOPRAK’s article titled Hendiadyoins in the Kharezm Turkish.
Yunus Emre, Risâletü’n-Nushiyye, Turkish grammar, word groups, binomials.