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