The Uppsala Manuscript of Muhammed Hev?'? Üsk?f? Bosnev?'s Makb?l-i '?rif (1631) from a Turcological Perspective: (eBook)

Transliteration, Transcription, and an English Translation

Silje Susanne Alvestad (Autor)

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2016 | 1. Auflage
164 Seiten
Harrassowitz Verlag
978-3-447-19530-0 (ISBN)

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The object of study in this book is the Uppsala manuscript, O. nova 546, of Muhammed Hev?'? Üsk?f? Bosnev?'s literary work Makb?l-i '?rif from 1631. The manuscript, handwritten in Ottoman script, reached the University Library in Uppsala from Cairo in 1924. Makb?l-i '?rif is frequently referred to as the first known Bosnian-Turkish dictionary, but this label is misleading. First, the work consists of three parts - a long and sophisticated foreword and an afterword in addition to the dictionary part. Besides, the part of the work that is the cause of the unfortunate label is not a 'dictionary' in the modern sense of the word. Among other things, it is versified, dialogue-oriented, and split into chapters according to topic. The versified glossary is the only part where we find Bosnian words; approximately 650. The main motivation behind this book is the fact that Ma?b?l-i ??rif has received little attention from a turcological perspective. Despite the fact that Makb?l-i '?rif is a Turkish, or Ottoman Turkish literary work of art, the vast majority of researchers concerned with the work examine it from a Bosnian cultural and/or linguistic perspective. It is time Makb?l-i '?rif receives its fair share of attention from a turcological point of view too. The contributions of this book are thus as follows. First, a grapheme-by-grapheme transliteration of the entire Uppsala manuscript is provided. Second, a transcription of the manuscript is given and, third, an English translation of the entire Makb?l-i '?rif is provided. None of these enterprises has so far been undertaken. The English translation may serve as a starting point to make Makb?l-i '?rif available to a wider audience.

Silje Susanne Alvestad is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages at the University of Oslo.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 3-447-19530-4 / 3447195304
• ISBN-13: 978-3-447-19530-0 / 9783447195300