Compilation of Turkish Proverbs Written in Arabic Alphabet in 1689 Dated Journal Located in Dresden Library


Proverbs are verbal culturel artifacts which fairly represent the culture, customs and traditions, life style and mentality of a nation. The proverbs which are mentioned in this article are in a Journal registered to Moritz Georg Weideman located in Dresden Library Mscr. Dresd. Ea. 224. This Journal consists of two stories, letter samples about various subjects and totally 603 Turkish proverbs (some are written in arabic alphabet and some are written in latin alphabet) in two different parts. There is no information about the written date of the Journal. However, the year 1689 is recorded to the library inventory due to the year 1689 is mentioned in a narrative text. Sidewise of the pages, that proverbs are written in arabic alphabet, are left blank to write them in latin alphabet, and their Italian and Latin meanings are given, and some proverbs are written wrong or incomplete shows that similar to proverbs written in latin alphabet, proverbs written in arabic alphabet are also most probabliy written by a foreigner. The proverbs written in latin alphabets are studied by G. Hazai in year 1982, but proverbs written in arabic alphabet are not included to that study. The subject of this article mentions about the proverbs written in arabic alphabet in the Journal sheet between 68v and 92r. These proverbs are also considered in perspective of which are being used at the present time, which have been changed during time and which are being forgotten. This consideration is done by scanning the proverb studies of Aksoy, Tülbentçi and Eyüboğlu. Furthermore, same and similar proverbs which are written in arabic alphabet and latin alpahbet are given in the final part of this article.


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Turkish proverbs, Dresden Library, compilation, culture, journal

Author : Beytullah BEKAR
Number of pages: 399-426
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.29228/TurkishStudies.22790
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Turkish Studies - Language and Literature
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