Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
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The Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk (Arabic: ديوان لغات الترك, lit. 'Compendium of the languages of the Turks') is the first comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages, compiled in 1072–74 by the Turkic Kara-Khanid scholar Mahmud Kashgari who extensively documented the Turkic languages of his time.[3][6]
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Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk ديوان لغات الترك | |
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Presidential Library[1] | |
Also known as | Compendium of the languages of the Turks |
Type | Dictionary |
Date | 1072-74[3] |
Place of origin | Baghdad |
Language(s) | Arabic Karakhanid Turkic |
Author(s) | Mahmud al-Kashgari |
Patron | Kara-Khanid Khanate |
Dedicated to | Abbasid caliphs |
Script | Arabic script |
Contents | Comprehensive dictionary of Turkic languages |
Exemplar(s) | One |
Previously kept | National Library of Turkey[4] |
Discovered | Ali Amiri[5] |
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