Lugat-i Cugtay

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1v-515v; Title and the name of the compilor Fathali Qacar-i Qazwin from fol.1v; The other title "Lugat-i Etrakiyye" supplied by cataloguer; The dictionary arranged alphabetically; It is based on the works of Ali Şir Nevai (1441-1501); The book written in 1277 (1861); Undated, but probably copied in the 19th century.
Marginal notes contains corrections and added entries; In some cases, the learned annotator has crossed out parts of the main text (which remain legible, however) and substituted his own interpretations. Ownership note on fol.1v, dated 1333 (1915).
Layout: Written in 17 lines per page, one column.
Script: Naskh script; Marginal notes nastaliq; Black ink with headers, overlinings and dots (durak) in red, Chagatai entries vocalized.
Decoration: Papercutting on a flyleaf.
Binding: European-style modern binding.
Repairs and stains, but a good copy.
With paper stamp; Catchwords present.
Incipit (1v): لغت جغتاى كه حضرت امير علیشیر متخلص بنوایی كه تالیفات خودرا باین زبابیا میكند العبد فتحعلی قاجار قزوین جمع نموده تفصیل ان در فهرست كتاب عرض شده بحمدك فتح ابواب المعانی نصیب ایت كونكلوما فتح اولماق انی - بسم اله دیكیل و قویغیل قدم - باب الا لف الممدوده مع الاف - آلیندا ...
Explicit (515v): ...ییر قانی - مكسر یا و سكون یای دیكر...

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Chagatai-Persian dictionaries, Chagatai manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey, Persian manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey

Citation

Boogert, Nico, Catalogue 635: Islamic manuscripts, Leiden: Smitskamp, 2002, pp.183-185.

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