2025 Aile Yılında Sözlüklerdeki “Aile” Tanımı Üzerine

Definition is one of the most important components referred to in explaining, understanding, and using a concept. Therefore, one of the keys to better unders-tanding and expressing a concept from the past to the present is the dictionaries that present this component to us. Through dictionaries, language and language users have access to clearer, more versatile, and intensi-ve means of expression. As is known, 2025 has been declared as the "Year of the Family." The family is the mirror of society, both as a whole and as the individual components of society. The family, being the funda-mental building block of society, and the content of this concept must be accurately defined in order to be properly lived. In this context, our study will begin with the Kamus-ı Türki from 1899, and the definitions of the concept of family in selected dictionaries will be examined. The definitions of family in these entries will be broken down into semantic units, and each semantic unit will be analyzed. The way the concept of family has been defined historically, from Kamus-ı Türki onwards, and the elements that have changed or remai-ned the same will be identified and examined compara-tively. As is known, Turkish is a language rich in poly-semy. In this study, the primary meanings of the entry "family" will be addressed, while secondary and me-taphorical meanings will be excluded from the research. The data obtained will be analyzed and a conclusion will be drawn.