ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, cilt.74, sa.3, ss.483-493, 2021 (AHCI)
Kutadgu Bilig is one of the most important treasures of Turkish history, art, language, and literature as well as Turkish cultural history, whereas Divanu Lugati't-Turk demonstrates the wealth of Turkish culture and civilization. Hundreds of studies have been done on these two works, yet they still pose many questions waiting to be answered. This article focuses on the word read as ila in Divanu Lugati't-Turk and Kutadgu Bilig and recommends a new way of reading it.