Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk

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Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk is an 11th-century Arabic–Turkic dictionary and encyclopedic work by Mahmud al-Kashgari that documents and maps early Turkic languages, culture, and geography.

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instanceOf dictionary
lexicographical work
alsoKnownAs Divanü Lügati't-Türk NERFINISHED
Dīwān Lughat at-Turk NERFINISHED
author Mahmud al-Kashgari NERFINISHED
commissionedFor Caliphate of the Abbasids NERFINISHED
completionDate 1072
1074
contains Turkic poetry
Turkic proverbs
grammatical notes
place names
tribal names
containsLanguage Old Turkic NERFINISHED
early Turkic dialects
countryOfCurrentLocation Turkey NERFINISHED
currentLocation Süleymaniye Library NERFINISHED
currentLocationCity Istanbul NERFINISHED
date 11th century
field Turkology
historical linguistics
lexicography
focusesOnEthnicGroup Chigil NERFINISHED
Karluk Turks NERFINISHED
Oghuz Turks NERFINISHED
Qipchaq Turks NERFINISHED
Yaghma NERFINISHED
genre bilingual dictionary
ethnographic work
geographical treatise
historicalSignificance important source for medieval Central Asian geography
key source for early Turkic oral literature
primary source for early Turkic dialectology
intendedAudience Arabic-speaking scholars
language Arabic
manuscriptDate 13th century
notableFeature earliest comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages
includes a world map centered on Turkic regions
placeOfComposition Baghdad NERFINISHED
preservedIn single known manuscript
purpose to describe Turkic tribes and culture
to document Turkic vocabulary
to map the geography of Turkic peoples
to teach Arabic readers about Turkic languages
regionDescribed Central Asia NERFINISHED
Khorasan NERFINISHED
Transoxiana NERFINISHED
Turkestan NERFINISHED
religiousContext Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED
script Arabic script
subject Turkic culture
Turkic geography
Turkic languages
Turkic tribes

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