Adapted from the original introduction by Yücel Dağlı
Download the Historical Dictionary
The “Historical Dictionary of Ottoman Turkish Terms for Gardens and Gardening” includes over 12,000 entries, entirely in Turkish, related to the following:
Not included in the dictionary are the following:
This work is based on the “Turkish Language Institution Dictionary,” and synonyms to a particular entry found elsewhere are given after the entry even if the definition is the same, in order to show that it does not appear in one dictionary only. Sources are indicated by a parenthetical acronym at the end of each entry. A key may be found here, or at the beginning of the downloadable PDF.
However, not all the information found in source dictionaries has been imported. Neither etymology, nor gender, nor word root are indicated. Scholars who need them should search the abbreviation of the source they want to consult in the list of sources. Whenever several meanings are given for a particular entry in a source dictionary, only meanings related to plants and gardens are included and, whenever necessary, the entries are renumbered.
Synonyms or names with very similar spellings (one or two letter differences for the same plant) are placed together in the same entry. Names of plants formed by compound nouns are variously combined, separated, or hyphenated, according to the writers’ preferences. In this dictionary, the common usage in source dictionaries is followed.
Please note that the form of the dictionary available here for download is based on the version available on the original project website as of October 1, 2014. Original errors have been retained.
Adapted from the original introduction by Yücel Dağlı
Download the Historical Dictionary
The “Historical Dictionary of Ottoman Turkish Terms for Gardens and Gardening” includes over 12,000 entries, entirely in Turkish, related to the following:
Not included in the dictionary are the following:
This work is based on the “Turkish Language Institution Dictionary,” and synonyms to a particular entry found elsewhere are given after the entry even if the definition is the same, in order to show that it does not appear in one dictionary only. Sources are indicated by a parenthetical acronym at the end of each entry. A key may be found here, or at the beginning of the downloadable PDF.
However, not all the information found in source dictionaries has been imported. Neither etymology, nor gender, nor word root are indicated. Scholars who need them should search the abbreviation of the source they want to consult in the list of sources. Whenever several meanings are given for a particular entry in a source dictionary, only meanings related to plants and gardens are included and, whenever necessary, the entries are renumbered.
Synonyms or names with very similar spellings (one or two letter differences for the same plant) are placed together in the same entry. Names of plants formed by compound nouns are variously combined, separated, or hyphenated, according to the writers’ preferences. In this dictionary, the common usage in source dictionaries is followed.
Please note that the form of the dictionary available here for download is based on the version available on the original project website as of October 1, 2014. Original errors have been retained.