Dictionary written by Al-Zamakhshari
The Muqaddimat al-Adab is a Persian and Chagatai dictionary written by Zamakhshari to teach Arabic in the 12th century. In the 14th century, Mongolian was also added to this dictionary.[1] The first manuscript was found in Bukhara by Abdurauf Fitrat.[2] The oldest surviving copies of the work belong to the 13th–15th centuries. The work, which contains information about the dialects of the Oghuz, Kipchak, and Kangly Turks, was used as a textbook in madrasahs for years. It is one of the most important works after Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk for the Middle Turkic period. It was also essential for the Mongolian language in the 14th century.[3]
Mongolian vocabulary
Some Mongolian vocabulary in the Muqaddimat al-Adab[2]
| English
|
Middle Mongol
|
Transcription
|
Modern Mongolian
|
| One
|
نيكان (nykân)
|
niken
|
нэг (nigen)
|
| Two
|
قويار (qwyâr)
|
koyar
|
хоёр (khoyor)
|
| Three
|
غوربان (ğwrbân)
|
gurban
|
гурав (gurav)
|
| Four
|
دوربان (dwrbân)
|
dörben
|
дөрөв (döröv)
|
| Five
|
تابون (tâbwn)
|
tabun
|
тав (tav)
|
| Water
|
اوصون (âwṣwn)
|
usun
|
ус (us)
|
| Sky
|
كوكه (kwkh)
|
köke
|
хөх (khökh) (blue),
тэнгэр (tenger) (sky)
|
| Time
|
جاق (jâq)
|
caq
|
цаг (tsag)
|
| Year
|
هون (hwn)
|
hon
|
жил (jil)
|
| Star
|
هودون (hwdwn)
|
hodun
|
од (od)
|
| Spring
|
قابور (qâbwr)
|
kabur
|
хавар (khavar)
|
| Summer
|
جون (jun)
|
cun
|
зун (zun)
|
| Autumn
|
نامور (nâmwr)
|
namur
|
намар (namar)
|
| Winter
|
اوبول (âwbwl)
|
öbül
|
өвөл (övöl)
|
References
- ^ N.N. Poppe (1938), Mongolʹskiy slovarʹ Mukaddimat al-adab, chastʹ 1-2 //Trudy Instituta Vostokovedeniya, XIV, Moskva-Leningrad
- ^ a b Saito, Yoshio (January 2008). The Mongolian words in the Muqaddimat al-Adab: Romanized Text and Word Index. Tokyo: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
- ^ CİHAN, Serkan. Mukaddimetü'l-Edeb (Yozgat Nüshası)-(Giriş, Metin, Notlar, Sözlük Dizin), Doctoral Thesis, Ankara, 2021.
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