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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dictionary
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lexicographical work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Divanü Lügati't-Türk
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Dīwān Lughat at-Turk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Mahmud al-Kashgari NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | Caliphate of the Abbasids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate |
1072
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1074 ⓘ |
| contains |
Turkic poetry
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Turkic proverbs ⓘ grammatical notes ⓘ place names ⓘ tribal names ⓘ |
| containsLanguage |
Old Turkic
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early Turkic dialects ⓘ |
| countryOfCurrentLocation | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Süleymaniye Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocationCity | Istanbul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 11th century ⓘ |
| field |
Turkology
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historical linguistics ⓘ lexicography ⓘ |
| focusesOnEthnicGroup |
Chigil
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Karluk Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ Oghuz Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ Qipchaq Turks NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaghma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
bilingual dictionary
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ethnographic work ⓘ geographical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important source for medieval Central Asian geography
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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
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includes a world map centered on Turkic regions ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | single known manuscript ⓘ |
| purpose |
to describe Turkic tribes and culture
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to document Turkic vocabulary ⓘ to map the geography of Turkic peoples ⓘ to teach Arabic readers about Turkic languages ⓘ |
| regionDescribed |
Central Asia
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Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Transoxiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkestan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| subject |
Turkic culture
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Turkic geography ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ Turkic tribes ⓘ |
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