Custom & law

The unwritten rules people live by — adet and şeriat, the court that settles a daw, the oath, the feud and its reconciliation, and what custom counts as honour or shame.

Custom and law

• adet custom
• töre custom
• joruq rule
• şeriyat sharia
• tüzlük justice
• haq a right, a due

Court and judgment

• süd court of law
• töreçi judge
• daw dispute
• şağat witness
• jazıq guilt
• tazir fine
• azab punishment

Oath and promise

• ant oath
• qarğanırğa swear
• söz promise
• qast vow

Feud and reconciliation

• qan blood price
• qanlı blood enemy, feud opponent
• öç revenge
• tölerge pay blood money for a killing
• jaraşdırırğa reconcile
• keçerge forgive

Honour and shame

• qaç honour
• sır honour
• bet honour
• ayıb shame
• uyat disgrace

Forbidden and allowed

• tıyarğa forbid
• haram forbidden
• halal halal
• izin permission
• erkinlik right

Wrongdoing and what is left behind

• urlarğa steal
• uruçu thief
• ötürük lie
• aldarğa deceive
• tereke inheritance

Two codes run side by side: adet, inherited custom, and şeriat, religious law. Töre is both the custom itself and the customary court, and a töreçi is the man who sits in it.