Lexicographic Features of Şâmilü'l-Luga and Turkish Vocabulary

Şâmilü’l-Luga is the most important text after Bahrü’l-Garâib among the Ottoman-era Persian- Turkish lexicons. The copy of Şâmilü’l-Luga Persian-Turkish interlinear Lexicon being in National Library Afyon Gedik Ahmet Pasha Collection, registered in the Archive no. 03 Gedik 17524 / 1 [MK1] has been addressed in this study. In the first chapter, information about the author and his family has been presented and then the lexicographic features have been examined in detail. In the second chapter, the Turkish meanings of the Persian words have been addressed as an index-lexicon in terms of vocabulary. Şâmilü’l-Luga is the most important text after Bahrü’l-Garâib among the Ottoman-era Persian-Turkish lexicons. The copy of Şâmilü’l- Luga Persian-Turkish interlinear Lexicon being in National Library Afyon Gedik Ahmet Pasha Collection, registered in the Archive no. 03 Gedik 17524 / 1 [MK1] has been addressed in this study. In the first chapter, information about the author and his family has been presented and then the lexicographic features have been examined in detail. In the second chapter, the Turkish meanings of the Persian words have been addressed as an index-lexicon in terms of vocabulary. Turkish words and expressions used to explain the Persian words in the lexicon, are important in terms of reflecting the vocabulary of that period. In this respect, the given Turkish words were included in the study not only as an index but also in the form of an index-lexicon by adding real meanings of the words by considering that it would be more useful. Şâmilü’l-Luga written by İmadoğlu Hasan b. Hüseyin Karahisarî has 12 copies that we have found in the following libraries: Hacı Selimağa, National Library [MK1], National Library (MK2), Süleymaniye Library, Topkapı Palace III. Ahmed Library, Bibliotheq National Turkish Manuscripts, Münih K.Hof-Und StaatsBibliothek, İstanbul University Rare Works of Art Library, Lugatnâme-i Dehhoda Library, Cairo Hidiv Library and Tunisian National Library. The copy of Şâmilü’l-Luga Persian-Turkish interlinear lexicon being in National Library Afyon Gedik Ahmet Pasha Collection, registered in the Archive no. 03 Gedik 17524 / 1 [MK1] was addressed in this study.

Keywords

Şâmilü’l-Luga, Hasan Karahisarî, Ottoman Lexicography, Persian-Turkish Lexicons, Lexicography.