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 ⓘ
Dīwān Lughat at-Turk ⓘ
author Mahmud al-Kashgari ⓘ
commissionedFor Caliphate of the Abbasids ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
completionDate 1072 ⓘ
1074 ⓘ
contains Turkic poetry ⓘ
Turkic proverbs ⓘ
grammatical notes ⓘ
place names ⓘ
tribal names ⓘ
containsLanguage Old Turkic ⓘ
linked to: Old Turkic language

early Turkic dialects ⓘ
countryOfCurrentLocation Turkey ⓘ
currentLocation Süleymaniye Library ⓘ
linked to: Suleymaniye Mosque
currentLocationCity Istanbul ⓘ
date 11th century ⓘ
field Turkology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
focusesOnEthnicGroup Chigil ⓘ
Karluk Turks ⓘ
Oghuz Turks ⓘ
linked to: Oghuz

Qipchaq Turks ⓘ
linked to: Qipchaq

Yaghma ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
Turkestan ⓘ
religiousContext Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
script Arabic script ⓘ
subject Turkic culture ⓘ
Turkic geography ⓘ
Turkic languages ⓘ
Turkic tribes ⓘ

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Kara-Khanid Khanate → notableWorkAssociated → Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk ⓘ
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk → alsoKnownAs → Dīwān Lughat at-Turk ⓘ
linked to: Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk → alsoKnownAs → Divanü Lügati't-Türk ⓘ
linked to: Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk
Karakhanid language → hasWork → Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk ⓘ
Karakhanid era → hasNotableWork → Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk ⓘ