On the relation of the Proto-Turkic qut and the Iranian ǯan in the modern Turkic languages
There is detailed analysis of using of qut and ǯan words at the modern Turkic Languages, possible versions of their origin, comparison with languages of other groups, their functions and meanings in the Proto-Turkic texts. Linguistic facts arecompared with the ethnographic information, ritual folklore and other extra-linguistic facts. The analysis brings us to the point that Proto-Turkic qut in its old meaning ʻsoul, spirit, power of lifeʼ and in new meaning ʻwell-being, prosperity, good luckʼ is older than Iranian ǯan ʻsoul; lifeʼ in the Turkic languages.