Based on the principle of the pertinent and accurate expression of words according to certain rules, rhetoric is one of the oldest rule-making disciplines associated with word usage. This discipline ensures elegance of expression by means of associated branches and sub-branches. Branched into meânî [meaning], beyan [statement], and bedii [aesthetic], rhetoric appears as a body of rules that aim to embellish speech and show the ways of proper and timely expression with further sub-branching these three branches.

Dating back to before the common era (BCE), rhetoric has always exhibited the characteristics of an interesting discipline since earliest times. Rhetoric has a rich seam of information for linguistics outside the literary science, which focuses on speaking in a beautiful, correct, place and time. Rhetoric and its sub-units have become an important field of research, especially for analyzing the language of poetry, as well as for the type of analyses on which linguists deliberate. Furthermore, rhetoric has become a unique sphere of research owing to the Turkish as well as other terms hinting at the Arabic elements in its rich terminology. While how these terms had gained popularity might be a question for other research and analysis, the emergence of such a terminology-based field of study is significant proof also indicating rhetoric to offer valuable data for linguistic studies as well as literary research.

The scientific approach toward literature and, accordingly, toward language as the basic element of rhetoric in linguistic studies is one of the factors that converge and combine the two disciplines. In this sense, in studies on rhetoric, it is possible for literary science and linguistics to achieve more quality results by combining different ideas within the same plan. This is an important point to consider in order to have Turcology studies be able to achieve its own interdisciplinary dimension.

Figures of speech are among the most notable elements that show rhetoric and language to involve various aspects of joint study methods, in which former denominations continue according to similar reasoning. Although figures of speech are essential elements of rhetoric, they don’t signify rhetoric to the fullest extent. Nevertheless, they are the most distinguished aspect of rhetoric when coming to Turkish studies.

Rather than the full extent, this article instead discusses the particular elements that are categorized as words under the term of word and attempts to address the terms that relate to belaboring, which is considered a linguistic flaw or deficiency in rhetoric. In this respect, this study dwells on the terms of kelam [remark], kelime [word], and lafız [wording], as well as ıtnab [belabor] and haşiv [pleonasm], both of which are considered linguistic flaws; the study will also briefly evaluate their usage in rhetoric. Concerning the derivation and use of the Turkish equivalents of such terms, the study also compares the terms suggested by resources as well as the lexical equivalents in English. The study finishes by evaluating the original terms in Arabic against their respective Turkish and Western terms based on the quality of their equivalence.

As a result of these comparisons, rhetoric terms that have posed a well-established order for centuries are seen to actually preserve their original terminology despite the Turkish suggestions and Western terms. In addition, the suggested Turkish rhetoric terms create a notable terminological body of data. In conclusion, a general semantic equivalence or overlap is seen to be present among the original terms of Arabic origin, the suggested words of Turkish originEnglish. However, the presence of such equivalence or overlap does not mean that the related terms can be used interchangeably in all cases.