The Concept of Müshel Jas in Bakhyt Kairbekov’s Book Ellipsis
Концепт мүшел жас в книге Бахыта Каирбекова «Многоточие»
Utebekova A.S. Salkhanova Z.K. Bayanbayeva Z.A.
2 March 2026Ch. K. Lamazhaa
New Research of Tuva
2026Issue 1367 - 385 pp.
It is noted that notions of müshel jas are associated with a twelve-year time cycle, reflect the cyclicity of time, and to some extent persist in the cultures of the peoples of Central Asia. In Bakhyt Kairbekov’s creative work, müshel jas is defined as a key concept carrying symbolic meaning. It represents a divinely predetermined, trial-laden period — a liminal and transitional stage — but also a time of new possibilities. The book Ellipsis, in which müshel jas functions as one of the important ethnocultural concepts, has a multigenre structure that includes prose and poetry, diary entries and interviews, reminiscences, aphorisms, and quotations. The value of the conducted research and its contribution to humanities lies in the originality of the approach to the stated topic. Müshel jas represents not only years of trials but also a time of opportunities and new aims. For the poet, the meaning of müshel jas takes shape in the metaphorical image of a quraq körpe (“patchwork quilt”), composed of the author’s reflections in prose and poignant verses on the transience of time. In the intricate patterns of the poet-philosopher’s “patchwork quilt” coexist nostalgia for the past, an honest self-assessment of the present, and an optimistic outlook toward the future. Copyright (c) 2026 New Research of Tuva (edition). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Bakhyt Kairbekov , concept , Kazakh culture , Kazakh literature , Kazakhs , müshel jas , Old Turkic calendar , Turkic culture , twelve-year cycle
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Department of Foreign Languages, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 al-Farabi Ave., Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Russian Philology and World Literature, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 al-Farabi Ave., Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Russian Philology and World Literature
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