Bibliotheca Polyglotta

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سَفينةُ المَصادِر

كتاب ترجمان عربي – تركي

لمؤلف مجهول

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Safīnat al-maṣādir
an anonymous Arabic-Turkish Phrasebook (tarǧumān) of 1766¹

Ms. no. 53 in the collection
Ms.fol. 4313 "Islamic manuscripts",
National Library of Norway at Oslo
Digitized book, available from Nasjonalbiblioteket

Edited, translated, and annotated
by
Stephan Guth (IKOS, Univ. of Oslo)

For a more "bibliophile" (and slightly updated) edition with introduction and indices,
see JAIS 25.2 (2025).

1. Neither an author nor the title of the booklet are mentioned on the cover nor in the colophone. But the title is evident from the ‘Preface’, see below

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cover (with unreadable writing on it)

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نسخة معجون الى الفالج

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Recipe for an ointment for the (half )paralyzed²

2. The following recipe is written by another hand than that of the main text. Probably, it represents handwritten notes by the author or some user of the phrasebook.

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قرفه
درهمے
١

قرنفل
درهمے
١

بزر جزر
درهمے
٢

ايكر
درهمے
٢

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cinnamon
1 drhm

cloves
1 drhm

carot seeds
2 drhm

aykur³
2 drhm⁴

3. Reading (and meaning) uncertain. Dozy has ʾaykur ‘(grec) acore (= waǧǧ); aussi: racine de l’Iris faux acore’. 4. The amount is given in dirhams (1/400 of an uqqah, i.e., ca. 3.2 grams). For dirham an ‘shorthand’ symbol looking like درهے is used. I am rendering this by the vowelless abbreviation drhm.

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خولجان
درهمے
٣

عود
درهمے
١

سنبله
درهمے
١

جنزبيل
درهمے
٢

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galingale⁵
1 drhm

(aloe) wood
1 drhm

sunbulaʰ
1 drhm

ginger
2 drhm

5. WehrCowan1979: ḫulunǧānᵘ (eg.) ‘(rhizome of) galingale (Polypodium Calaguala Kz.; bot.)’, Wahrmund1887: ḫalanǧān ‘Galgantwurz’. – Both Lane and Dozy register also ḫalanǧ, which, however, is very unlikely to fit here, as it means ‘a kind of tree, of the wood of which vessels are made; or any [bowl of the kinds called] ǧafnaẗ and ṣaḥfaẗ, or other vessel made of wood having variegated streaks’ (Lane), resp. ‘nom d’une espèce d’arbre .... Wild, 93, atteste que le bois de cet arbre a une odeur forte et agréable, et qu’on en fait des chapelets (" olle linguo [?], welches die Türcken nennen Callengue, davon werden ihre wolriechende Pater noster gemacht, wenn man dieses Holtz in der Hand erwarmen lest, so reucht die Hand ein ganze Stund starck darnach "). On fait aussi des tables de ce bois ...’ (Dozy).

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شمره
درهمے
٢

يانسون
درهمے
٢

كزبره
درهمے
٢

حب هال
درهمے
١

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fennel
2 drhm

anis
2 drhm

coriander
2 drhm

cardamom
1 drhm

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جوزة الطيب
نمـــﮧ
١

عسل
درهمے
٢٤

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nutmeg
1 nmrʰ [?]⁶

honey/sirup
24 drhm

6. As for dirham, here too an abbreviation is used. It looks like نمـــﮧ nmʰ. Could this be nimraʰ? The common abbreviation for the latter, however, does not have a diacritical dot: ؀ . "Number" wouldn’t make much sense anyway. What is meant seems to be "1 piece of…".

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يدق ويعجن بالعسل وعند الحاجه قدر بندقه بكره وقدر بندقه المســـا

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To be pound and mixed with honey; when needed, [take] an amount [the size] / of a hazelnut in the morning and an amount [the size] of a hazelnut in the evening

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بِسْمِ ٱللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ ٱلرَّحِيْمِ

– (no Turkish)

[PREFACE]⁷

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

7. Unlike the other parts of the booklet, the following ‘Preface’ (purely in Arabic) makes an attempt to produce full voweling, including inflectional endings. Obviously, however, the writer does not have full command of the grammar of the written standard. I am marking in yellow those instances where the text shows ‘ungrammatical’ voweling.

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¹ . الْحَمدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعِبادِ . خَالِقُ الْخَلْقِ وَمُحْصِيْهِمْ اعْدَادُ

1. The bold dots in red are likely later additions as they appear to be ‘squeezed in’ in the (often rather small) spaces the writer left between the words in black. In any case, they apparently indicate pausa reading.

–

Praise be to God, the Lord of all beings, the Creator of creation and the Enumerator of their numbers.

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. خَلَقَ / ٱلإِنْسَانَ وَصَوَّّرَهُ بِأَحْسَنِ صُوْرَةٍ

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He created mankind and fashioned them in the best form.

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. وجَعَلَ تَخَالِفَ / ٱلأَلْسُنِ مِنْ قُدْرَتِهِ لَكُلِّ نَبِيْهِ

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And, powerful as He is, He made different languages, for every understanding man.

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. لكَي يَعْلَمُ / ٱلإِنْسَانُ بِأَنَّ ٱلله وَاحِدٌ لِيْسِ لَهُ شَبِيْه

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So that mankind would know that God is One, having no equal.

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. عَلَّم ٱلإِنْسَانَ / مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْ . خَبِيْرٌ بِلُغَةِ بَنِي آدَمَ

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He taught mankind what they did not know. He is knowledgeable of the language of mankind [lit., the sons of Adam].

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. إِلَهٌ جَعَلَ ٱلإِنْسَانُ بَعْدُ / تَمَامَ الْعَقْلِ وَالْأَدَبِ وَحَلَّا بِهِ ٱللِّسَانِ

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[He is] a God who made man after completing his intellect and culture, and adorned him (?) with the language.

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. لِأَنَّهُ أَبْلَغَ مَا / تَكَلَّمَتْ بِهِ فُصَحَاءُ ٱلعَرَب

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For this is the most expressive [of the idioms] spoken by the Arabs with clear and correct language,

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. وَجَلَا بَدْرِ نَظْمِهِ سُطُور طُرُوس / كُلّ دَفْتَرٍ وَدِيْوَانٍ منتخب

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[an idiom] the full moon of whose poetry shone brightly in the lines of .... [and of?] every booklet/notebook (daftar) and fine [lit., selected] collection [of poetry] (dīwān].

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. اَحْمِدُهُ حُمْدٌ مَِنْ اَقَامَ / ٱلوَزْنَ . وَلَم يَخْسَرْ ٱلْمِيْزَان

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I praise Him as someone who created forms (wazn) without losing the balance (mīzān).

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. فالتَّطْفِيْفُ فِي ٱلْأَوْزَانِ / هَمٌّ وَنَصَبٌ

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Subtlety (taṭfīf) in the forms/patterns (ʾawzān) is namely [at the same time] a challenge/concern and a goal.

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. وَاَشكُرُهُ شُكْراً بليغاً جَلّ عَنْ قَائِلِهِ // عَتْدُ² الشَّيْطَانُ الْمُنتَكِب

2. The reading ʿatdu is rather clear, but doesn’t give a meaning. The preceding page has the catchword عند at the bottom, so it seems that the reader should anticipate ʿindᵃ as the first word of the following page. A reading with the latter (*جلّ عن قائله عند الشيطان المنتكب) could make slightly more sense, had it not been for the strange vowelling: *عند would still clearly be vowelled عَنْدُ (as if it were a verbal noun in the nominative), and الشَّيْطَانُ would still have a ḍammaʰ as case ending – impossible if عند were the preposition ʿindᵃ .

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I thank Him with abundant thanks, and He is exalted above the speaker’s description [???]

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*أمَّا بَعْدُ فَيَقُوْلُ الْعَبْدُ الْفَقِيْرُ المُفْتَقِر / اِلَى رَحْمَةِ الوَاهِب بِأَنَّهُ قَدْ قَصَدَنِي بَعضُ ٱلْاَخَوَانِ الرّاغِبِيْن لَفُنُونِ / الْمَعَارِفِ وَالْاَدَاب

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After that, the sinful servant, in need of the mercy of the Bestower, says: Some brothers interested in the arts of knowledge and manners have approached me *

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* مَنَحنَا اللهُ وَايَّاهُمْ بِالْعُقُولِ السَّلِيمَةِ مَنْ هِيَ / أَحسَنُ الْاَسْبَاب

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may God bless us and them with sound minds, which are the best means *

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* اِنْ اَوْجِدْ لَهُمْ كِتَابُ تَرجُمَان يَظْهِرْ لَهُمْ مَعَانِي / الْتُركي عَيَان

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[they approached me asking me] to produce for them a phrase book (tarǧumān) that would clarify for them the meanings of Turkish *

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* وَيَِحل لَهُمُ المَصَادِر وَالتَّصرِيف * وَيَشرَحُ كُلّ / لَفْظٍ لَطِيف

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and make infinitives and conjugation easy for them * explaining (also) every fine word. *

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فَتَرجَمْتُهُ مِنِ الْتُركِى اِلَى الْعَرَبي وَاسْتَخْرَجْتُهُ / مِن مَصَادِرِ الْكَلَام بِالْاِخْتِصَار وَبِالتَّصْرِيْفِ

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Therefore I translated it [i.e., such words, or phrases] from Turkish to Arabic, deriving it [i.e., the phrases] from the infinitives ["sources", maṣādir] of speech in a concise manner and conjugation

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يَهُوْنُ / عَلَى الْمُبتَدِى * وَالطَّالِبُ لَهَذا الْفَنّ فِيه يُقتَدِى

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[so that] it may be easy for beginners and the student may be guided by it in this art.

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وَاسْئلُ / النَّاظِرُ فِيهِ اِنْ رَآى بِهِ زَلَلاً يَصْلِحُهُ وَلَا يُْخْفِيه

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And I ask anyone who looks into it to correct any error he may find, and not conceal it.

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فَاِنِّي / مُقِرٌّ بِالتَّقْصِيْرِ وَالزَّلَل وَاَرجُوا مِنَ اللهِ حُسْنِ الْخَاتِمَةِ / وَاِصْلَاحُ الْعَمَل

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For I acknowledge the possibility of shortcomings and errors and ask God to grant it good completion and sound process.

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مَعَ انَّنِي قَصَدْتُ بِذَلك الْاِسْتِدكَارِ // وَالْفَائِدَةُ اِلَى الصُّغَارِ دُونَ الْكِبَار

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The aim I had in mind when doing so was the benefit for the younger ones more than the elders.

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وَسَمَّيْتُهُ سَفِينَةُ / الْمَصَادر وَاَللهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَادِر

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And [therefore] I named it "The Ship of Sources (= infinitives)". God is capable of everything,

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وَاَسْئلُهُ / التَّوفِيق والْأَعَانَةِ فَاِنَّهُ كَرِيْمٌ جَلَّ شَانِهِ

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and I ask Him to help me and grant me success, for He is generous and exalted.

[The maṣādir chapters]

[The maṣādir chapters represent the core chapters, i.e., the phrasebook proper. The beginning of this section is marked in red ("First of all, we begin with…"). The (pairs of) phrases are arranged by infinitives / maṣādir, given in both Arabic and Turkish, e.g., al-ʿilm | bilmek "Knowing," al-kitābah | yazmaḳ "Writing," etc. This arrangement can explain the author’s choice of the title Safīnat al-maṣādir for his work: maṣādir means "infinitives/basic forms" rather than "sources" here, and the title is thus best be rendered as "The Ship of Infinitives," i.e., a ‘vessel’ with which the reader will be able to ‘travel’ on, and navigate, an ‘ocean’ of vocabulary and verbal morphology.

After more than seventy pages, the (centred) formula (Ar) tawakkaltu ʿalà ’llāh fī kull al-ʾumūr | (Tu) her ümūrlardă tæñri üzerine tevekkül eyledim "I trust in God in all matters" marks a kind of conclusion of the section. But the juxtaposition of Ar and Tu phrases continues for a few more pages, though in a rather disorganized way, without headings. It seems that this part is a kind of ‘addenda’ list of verbs and phrases that occurred to the author’s mind after he had already penned the "chapters".]

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maṣādir [1]–[10]

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Knowing | (1sg) | (neg.) | Response • Understanding • Writing • Reading • Working • Walking • Sending • Saying • Sitting

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أول ذلك نبتدي في المصادر من العلم

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First of all, we begin with the infinitives of "knowledge",

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من العلم الماضي والحاضر والغايب / للمفرد والجمع في أزمنتهم

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[i.e.,] from "knowing" in the past, present, and future [tenses], / to [examples of] singular and plural in their tenses.

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باب العلم ما يخص المتكلم

BİLMEK

About knowledge, concerning the speaker [i.e., 1sg]

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علمتُ ان الموت حق

bildim-ki ölüm ḥaḳdır

I have learned that death is inevitable [lit., real, a reality].

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علمتُ ان فى الدنيا ما فى بقا

bildim-ki cihāndă devām yoḳdır

I have learned that one day, one will have to leave this world [lit., there is no staying in this world].

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علمتُ ان الرزق يريد لهُ سعي

bildim-ki rızḳ saʿy ister

I have learned that sustenance requires effort.

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علمتُ ان كل شيٍءٍ لهُ اَخِر

bildim-ki her şeyin sonı vardır

I have learned that everything has an end.

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علمتُ ان كل انسان لهُ مشرب

bildim-ki her kişiyĕ bir meşrebi var

I have learned that every person has a source (?).

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علمتُ لكل مقامٍ لهُ مقال

bildim her ^meclisĕ/¹ maḳāmă āña bir lāḳırdısı var

1. Superscript: meclis-ĕ is written above her maqām-ă, so probably intended as alternative reading for maqām-ă.

I have learned that every situation has its own words.

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علمت ان كل شتاءٍ وراه صيف

bildim-ki her kışıñ ardıncă yazı var

I have learned that every winter is followed by summer.

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علمت ان بالصبر يصير الحصرم حلاوه

bildim-ki ṣabr ilĕ ḳoruḳ ḥelvā olur

I have learned that through patience, bitterness [lit., the sour grape] becomes sweet.

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باب الجواب ما علمتُ فعل نفي

BİLMEDİM

Response: I don’t know (negated verb)

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ما علمت اي شي سيجي على راسى

bilmedim başım üzerinĕ nĕ gelĕcek

I didn’t know what would happen to me.

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ما علمت انه سيصير هكذا

bilmedim-ki şöylĕ olacağını

I didn’t know that it would turn out like this.

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ما علمت ان هذا الشغل ما هو اخره

bilmedim-ki bu işi[ñ] ṣonu evvel nedir

I didn’t know that this job wasn’t the last of it.

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ما علمت ان ما يجى من يدك شغل

bilmedim-ki elinden iş gelmez

I didn’t know that what nothing will/would come out of your work (lit., no job comes from your hand).

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ما علمت ان من هذا الشغل يصير ضرر

bilmedim-ki bu işden żarar olur

I didn’t know that this work/job/thing is harmful (lit., that harm comes from this work/job/thing).

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ما علمت ان ما لك صاحب

bilmedim-ki dostluğuñ yoḳdur

I didn’t know that you didn’t have a companion/friend (Tu, lit.: you have no friendship).

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ما علمت انك ما تاخذ البيت

bilmedim-ki sen evi almayăcaġını

I didn’t know that you won’t take the house.

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ما علمت ان مزاجك متحرف

bilmedim-ki mezācıñ nā-ḫoşdur

I didn’t know that you were/are in a bad mood (lit., your mood is changeable; Tu: unhappy).

NB digi-ms p. 12 • line 2

باب جواب

BİLĔCEĞİM²

2. Tu future tense here renders the Levantine Ar biddī + vb. although the latter is not used as future tense in the sample phrases but rather in the sense of "I’d like to…".

Response

NB digi-ms p. 12 • line 3

بدي اعرف ايش لك شغل

bilĕceğim nĕ işiñ var

I’d like to know what you’re up to (lit., what job/business you have).

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بدى اعرف ليش تعوقت

bilĕceğim niçün eğlendiñ

I’d like to know why you got delayed.

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بدي اعرف ليش رحت للبريه

bilĕceğim yabānă niçün gitdiñ

I’d like to know why you went to the countryside.

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بدى اعرف ايش مضيع هنا

bilĕceğim bundă nĕ yitirmiş

I’d like to know what’s (or: what he) lost here.

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بدي اعرف الحرير ايش يسوي

bilĕceğim ipek nĕ değer

I’d like to know what the silk costs.

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بدي اعرف احوال الاخذ والعطى

bilĕceğim alış veriş³ aḥvālını

3. In modern Turkish, alış veriş, lit. ‘taking and giving’, is the common expression for ‘shopping’.

I want to know the conditions of giving and taking [i.e., selling and buying].

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بدى اعرف هذا الضحك ليش

bilĕceğim bu gülümüñ niçün

I want to know why this laughter.

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بدى اعرف هذا البكا من اين جا

bilĕceğim bu ağlamaḳ neden geldi

I want to know where this crying came from.

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لو كنت اعلم يضيق صدرك ما كنت تكلمت

bilseydim ṭarılürsin söylemezdim

If I had known that you would get annoyed (lit., that your chest tightens) I wouldn’t have spoken.

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لو كنت اعلم تنحصر من رواحي معك

bilseydim senüñ-lĕ gitmeğimden sıḳınürsin

If I (only) had known that you would/were going to get annoyed from me accompanying you!

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لو كنت اعلم ما كنت رحت ابداً

bilseydim hiç gitmez idim

If I had known, I wouldn’t have gone/left at all.

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لو كنت اعلم ما كنت اقول هل كلمه

bilseydim bu sözi söylemezdim

If I had known, I wouldn’t have said that word.

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لو كنت اعلم ما كنت احط في فمى

bilseydim ağzımdă ḳoymaz idim

If I knew, I wouldn’t have put it in my mouth.

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لو كنت اعلم ما كنت اعدي عنك

bilseydim senden vaz gelmezdim

If I had known, I wouldn’t have bypassed you.

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لو كنت اعلم ما يرد الجواب ما اعلمته

bilseydim cevābı redd etmiyor āni bildirmedim

If I had known that he wouldn’t respond, I wouldn’t have informed him.

NB digi-ms p. 13 • line 7

باب الفهم

–

About understanding

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انتَ فهمت شغلك معى كيف

sen añladıñ benim-lĕ işiñ nicĕdir

Did you understand how [Tu: how much] is your issue [lit., work/job] with me?

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هو فهم كلامى لكنه ما رد

kendi sözimi añladı ama redd etmedi

He understood my words, but he didn’t respond.

NB digi-ms p. 13 • line 10

ونحن فهمنا المصاحبه كلها

biz-dĕ lāḳırdı cümlĕsini añladıḳ

And we understood the whole conversation.

NB digi-ms p. 13 • line 11

فهموا الكلام ما اعطوا اذن

sözi añladılar ḳulaḳ aṣmadılar

They understood what was said [lit., the words] but didn’t give permission.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 1

ما فهمت ايش لهم مراد

murādları nĕdir añlamadım

I didn’t understand what was their wish/intention.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 2

امس ما فهمت ايش قلت لى

dün baña nĕ dediñ añlamadım

Yesterday I didn’t understand what you said to me.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 3

فهم الشغل ما درّى احد

işi añladı kimse-yĕ ṭuymadı

He understood the issue, [but] listened to nobody.⁸

8. This translates the Tu phrase, which is rather unambiguous. Due to "درّى" (esp. the shadda on r), the Ar counterpart remains unclear. The shadda would point for a – often causative – faʿʿal pattern, which would give ‘He didn’t inform anyone’. A form without shadda would seem more plausible, though, and would give ‘Nobody knew (about it)’. On the other hand, Tu ṭuymadı, while clearly no causative, is combined with the dative kimse-yĕ, giving ‘he listened to nobody’. My guess is that the Ar should have been without shadda – giving ‘nobody knew (about it)’ –, while the Tu should have been kimsĕ ṭuymadı ‘nobody (had) heard (about it)’. This would give a better As-Tu match…

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 4

فهم الكلام وهز راسه

sözi añladı başı direndi

He understood what was said [lit., the words] and nodded his head.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 5

نحن فهمنا لكن من هدول ما ينقضي شغل

biz añladıḳ ama bunlardan iş bitmez

We understood, but from these, the work doesn’t finish.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 6

نحن فهمنا لكن هم ما فهموا

biz añladıḳ ama ānlar añlamadılar

We understood, but they didn’t understand.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 7

فهموا المقصود ما له فايده

murād añladılar faydĕsi yoḳ

They understood the intended meaning, it’s useless.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 8

لو فهمت لما كنت تعمل هيك

añlasaydıñ böylĕ etmezdiñ

If you had understood, you wouldn’t do (Tu: have done) this.

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 9

لو كان يفهم كان اعطا الدراهم وما عمل حس

añlasaydı aḳçĕ verirdi sæs⁴ etmezdi

4. Here, as elsewhere further down, I am rendering with /æ/ a vowel that would be spelt e in modern Turkish but is written with Arabic alif in the phrasebook: here ساس /sæs/, modern Tu ses.

If he had understood, he would have given the money and uttered a peep [lit., made a sound].

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 10

لو فهمنا لكم احتياج ما كنا نمسك

añlasaydıḳ iḥtiyācıñız var ṭutmazdıḳ

If we had understood that you needed [it], we wouldn’t have held [it] back / taken [it].

NB digi-ms p. 14 • line 11

باب الكتابة

YAZMAḲ

About writing

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 1

اليوم كتبت الي والدى مكتوب

babamă bugün bir mektūb yazdım

Today I wrote a letter to my father.

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 2

ما الذى كتبت لهُ في المكتوب

mektūbdă oña nĕ yazdıñ

What did you write to him in the letter?

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 3

كتبت لهُ عن احوال بلدنا وغلاها

oña yazdım velāyetimiz aḥvāllarından ham ḳıtlıḳ vardır

I wrote to him about the conditions of our country and its high prices (Tu: shortage).

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 4

كتبت الي شريكي مكتوب من ميل البوليصه

poliçĕden ötiri ortaḳımıză bir mektūb yazdım

I wrote a letter to my partner concerning the bill of exchange/receipt (?)

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 5

كتبت لهُ عن الكساد والغلا الموجود

kesāddan ḳıtlıḳdan mevcūd olan oña yazdım

I wrote to him about the recession and the existing high prices (Tu: shortage).

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 6

كتبتُ له عن جميع ما هو صار عندنا

bizdĕ ṣādir olan cümlĕden oña yazdım

I wrote to him about everything that happened here (lit., with us / at us/our place).

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 7

انا كتبت له واخيرًا تندمت

ben oña yazdım ṣonı pişmān oldum

I wrote to him, and in the end I regretted.

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 8

ليش كتبت ولماذا تندمت

niyĕ yazdıñ ve niçün pişmān olduñ

Why did you write and why did you regret?

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 9

انا كتبت له ان يرسل لنا زنبيل رز

ben oña yazdım-ki bizĕ bir ḳuffĕ pirinç göndersin

I wrote to him to send us a basket of rice.

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 10

كتبت له من زمان ليرسل لنا

ç̣oḳdan oña yazdım ki bizĕ gönderĕ

I wrote to him long time ago asking him to send us [s.th.].

NB digi-ms p. 15 • line 11

كتبت لهُ لماذا ما اخبرتني

oña yazdıñ baña niyĕ ḫaber vermediñ

You wrote to him, why didn’t you inform me?

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 1

كتبت لهُ لكن انا ما عجبنى

oña yazdım ama baña beğenmedi

I wrote to him, but I didn’t like it [lit., it didn’t please me].

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 2

امس كتبوا كندى ياننده موجود اولن يازديلر

(المقصود: امس كتبوا الموجود عنده)

al-mawǧūd ʿindahu dün [should be: dün kendi yanındă mevcūd olan yazdılar]

Yesterday they wrote what was available with him. [?]

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 3

كتبوا من الجمله خمسة الاف قرش پوليصه

cümlĕden beş biñ ġurūş boliçĕ yazdılar

They wrote five thousand piasters from the stock as a promissory note [?].⁹

9. Redhouse has: پوليچه polīče , پوليسه polīse (< It polizia) ‘1 A bill of exchange; 2 a promissory note, or other similar note in use commercially; 3 a receipt for money’.

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 4

كتبوا له وعرفوه بالاحوال

kendüyĕ yazdılar aḥvālları-lă bildirdiler

They wrote to him and informed him of [or: acquainted him with] the [Tu: their] situation (lit., conditions).

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 5

كم مره كتبنا له لكن منه ما جا جواب

oña ^{ḳaç kerĕ} yazdıḳ⁵ ama kendiden cevāb gelmedi

5. Superscript indicates that ḳaç kerĕ is written above yazdıḳ.

How many times have we written to him, but no response came from him.

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 6

كتبنا الورقه واعطيناها لهُ

yazdıḳ kâğıdı ve oña verdik

We wrote the letter/paper and gave it to him.

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 7

كتبتم الكلام الذي قلناه لكم

sizĕ sözleri dediğimiz yazdıñız

You (pl.) wrote down what we had said to you.

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 8

ما كتبتُ في حقك شي

senüñ ḥaḳḳındă bir nesnĕ yazmadım

I didn’t write anything to your (dis)advantage [or: about you ?].

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 9

انا هكذا حكى ما اكتب

ben bu mes̱ellü lāḳırdı yazmam

I don’t write these [Tu: such] words down.

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 10

كنت تكتب له يعرف شغله

oña yază idiñ ki işiñi bilsin

You used to write to him so that he would know what to do [lit., his work].

NB digi-ms p. 16 • line 11

باب القرا[ء]ة

OḲUMAḲ

About Reading

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 1

قراتُ المكتوب الذى ارسلته

gönderdüğim mektūbı oḳudım

I read the letter/message you/I/she [Tu: I] sent.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 2

قراتُ اليوم الدرس الذي اخذته

bugün aldığıñ dersi oḳudım

Today I read the lesson I/you/she [Tu: you] took.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 3

قراتُه لكن امس ما كتبت

ānı oḳudum ama dün yazmadım

I read it, but yesterday I didn’t write [back]

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 4

قراتُ في مصر كم كتاب

mıṣırdă birḳaç kitāb oḳudım

In Egypt I read several books.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 5

قرى كثير لكنه اخفى عنا

çoḳ oḳudı ama kendi bizden gizledi

He read a lot but concealed [that] from us.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 6

قروا دفتر القماش وعرفوا

ḳumāşıñ defteri oḳudılar dă bildiler

They read the fabric notebook and understood.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 7

قراوا وما عرفوا ~~الذى~~ المقصود

oḳudılar ve murādı bilmediler

They read [it], but they didn’t understand what was meant.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 8

لو كنا نقري كان يصير لنا وقوفًا على شغلكم

oḳusaydıḳ işiñiz üzerinĕ vāḳıf olurdıḳ

If we had read [it/that], we would have gotten an idea of what you are doing [lit., your work].

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 9

قراوا مطلوبنا وما ارسلوه

istedüğimiz oḳudılar göndermediler

They read [about] what we asked for, but didn’t send it.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 10

من هذا الاهمال الذى عنده يخشى عليه

yanındăki ihmālinden üzerindĕ ḳorḳu vardır

Such negligence from his side is s.th. to be concerned about / is frightening.

NB digi-ms p. 17 • line 11

باب الشغل

İŞLEMEK

Working

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 1

اشتغلت من الصبح للمسا ما اعطاني اجرتي

ṣabāḥdan aḫşāmă işledim ücretim vermedi

I worked from morning till evening, [but] he didn’t pay my wages.

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 2

باي شغلٍ شغَّلك في ذلك اليوم

hanqi işdĕ seni işletdirdi ol günde

Which job did he give to you that day?

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 3

في اشتغال الخيم الكبار

büyük çadırlardă işledi

In the work of setting up (the) big tents.

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 4

اشتغل لكن ما لبق لبعضه بعض

işledi ama birbirinĕ uymadı

He worked, but he didn’t fit in with the others (?)

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 5

ما اشتغل شغل مليح طلع تخان (تخاذ ؟)

iyü iş işlemedi çürük çıḳdı

He didn’t do a good job, it turned out to be a mess [lit., rotten].¹⁰

10. English translation follows the Tu phrase; the Ar counterpart is unclear: I was unable to identify any of the two possible readings, تخان* or تخاذ* .

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 6

اشتغلوا ما صار مثلما قلنا

işlediler dediğimiz gibi olmadı

They worked [i.e., they did their job], [but] it didn’t turn out as we had said [it should]

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 7

ما اشتغلوا شي يعجب صاحب الشغل

iş ṣāḥibi beğenĕ işlemediler

They didn’t do anything that pleased the employer.

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 8

ولو اشتغلنا ما كنا نطلع للراس

işleseydik başă çıḳmezdik

Even if we had worked [done our job], we wouldn’t have reached the top [?; lit., gone to the head].

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 9

لو اشتغلوا شغل مليح كانوا اخذوا اجرتهم

iyü iş işleseydiler ücretlerini alürler idi

If they had done a good job, they would have received their wages.

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 10

اعطهم اجرتهم ليشتغلوا مليح

ücretlerini kendilerinĕ ver ki iyü iş işlesünler

Give them their wages so that they will do a god job [lit., work well].

NB digi-ms p. 18 • line 11

باب المشي

YÜRÜMEK

Walking

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 1

مشيت من البيت الى هنا تعبت

evden yürüdim burayă yoruldum

I walked from the house until here, [and I] got tired.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 2

مشيت من الجديده للبستان

gʸāvur [?] meydāndan bāġçĕyĕ yürüdüm

I walked from El-Jdeideh/Misbelievers’ Place¹¹ to the garden.

11. The reading of the Ar and Tu place names is unambiguous, and since they do not match when translated literally (Ar: ‘the new one’ / Tu: ‘misbelievers’ place’) we should assume that they are toponyms given by the locals to a certain place in their town/region, the Arabic- and Turkish-speaking groups each calling it by a name of their own. – NB: According to Redhouse, Tu كاور may either be gʸāver (< Persian) ‘the opoponax plant, pastinaca opoponax’, or gʸāwur ‘non-Muslim, misbeliever; heartless wretch’. I think the latter is the more likely.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 3

مشيت وسحبت زحمه كثير

yürüdüm vāfer zaḥmet çekdim

I walked and found it very exhausting/got very tired.¹²

12. The Ar saḥabt zaḥmaʰ obviously does not mean ‘I drew a crowd (behind me)’ but seems to be a Turkism, as the Tu zaḥmet çekdim, a common expression for ‘I got tired’, literally means ‘I drew exhaustion (from doing s.th.)’.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 4

مشى في الارض عشرة اقدام

yerdĕ on ādem yürüdü

He walked ten steps on the ground.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 5

مشوا من المسا الى بكرا

aḫşāmdan ṣabāḥă dek yürüdiler

They walked from the evening to the morning.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 6

مشينا قدام القفل نحو ساعتين

kervān öñündĕ iki sāʿat ḳadar yürüdik

We walked in front of the caravan for about two hours.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 7

نمشي من هنا الى عين التل

bundan derĕ çeşmĕ-yĕ yürüriz

We (can) walk from here to the source/spring of/at ᴬʳthe hill / ᵀᵘlittle stream.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 8

مشيتم في الزرع وعفستوه

*eğendĕ⁶ yürüdiñiz dĕ baṣdıñız

6. I was unable to identify the word spelt اكن in dictionaries of standard Ottoman. Given the Ar equivalent zarʿ, it seems to be a (ungrammatical or dialectal?) derivation from ek-mek ‘to sow’. If so, it still remains unclear whether we should read *eken, *eğen or *eğin .

You (pl.) walked (around) in the plantation and trampled it down.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 9

يمشي ركد يصل الي الضيعه

seğird yürür köyĕ erişir

[If] he walks swiftly¹³ he reaches/will reach the village.

13. Given that the meaning of the Ar and Tu phrases should be equivalent, Ar ركد *rkd seems to be a misspelling of ركض rakḍ (with d for ḍ, probably due to loss of velarisation in the local dialect) – rakada (with non-emphatic d) means ‘to be motionless’ and has the verbal noun rukūd. – Tu سكرد seğird is ungrammatical but obviously taken from سكرتمك seğirtmek ‘to run’, with t > d due to following ‘soft’ y .

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 10

تمشوا كثير حتى تصلوا للمرحله

çoḳ yürürsiz tā ḳonaġă erişirsiz

You (pl.) (’ll/may have to) walk a lot until you reach/arrive at the station/hostel.¹⁴

14. Ar marḥalaʰ is usually a ‘stage’, but given the Tu ḳonaḳ we have to assume that the intended meaning here is ‘place of overnight stay’. More specifically, in a Christian context (which we may take as given in Safīnat al-maṣādir), marḥalaʰ may also mean ‘station of the way of the Cross’ (Hava1899), but for this, the Tu equivalent would not be ḳonaḳ.

NB digi-ms p. 19 • line 11

مشيتَ من هناك للمدينه حتى كَلَّيتَ

ondan şehrĕ yürüdiñ tā melallandiñ⁷

7. The original has the strange مللَّندك , with shaddaʰ and fatḥaʰ on the second ل . I was unable to identify a standard Ottoman verb giving the meaning expressed by the Ar phrase. Therefore, I guess it is a colloquial form, coined from melāl (< Ar) ‘depression; weariness, fatigue’ (Redhouse1968) + verb suffix ‑lanmak . The spelling without alif (ملل instead of ملال) would be due to shortening of long *ā in a closed syllable.

You walked from there to the city until you got exhausted.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 1

تمشى من هنا لخان تومان

bundan toman ḫānenĕ yürürsin

You (can/may) walk from here to Khān Tōmān.¹⁵

15. Probably identical with Ḫān Ṭūmān, spelt with emphatic Ṭ‑ . In the form with T‑ it is mentioned in ʿAbdallāh b. Ḥusayn al-Suwaydī’s (d. 1174 AH | 1760/61 CE) travelogue al-Nafḥa al-miskiyya fī l-riḥla al-makkiyya as a station/caravanserai "three farsaḫs" (ca. 18 kms) south of Aleppo, on the Iraqi pilgrims’ route to Mekka. This corresponds fairly well with the location of modern Ḫān Ṭūmān.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 2

امشي من خان تومان لحيلان

Tōmān ḫānenden⁸ Hīlān’ă yürürim

8. Sic! Should be simply ḫāne-den. The infixed ‑n‑ is probably motivated by analogy with ablative forms like ev-i-n-den or orṭa-sı-n-dan.

I (can/may) walk from Khān Tōmān to Ḥaylān.¹⁶

16. Toponym, perh. to be voweled "Ḥīlān". In the Tu phrase, the name is spelt with non-emphatic هـ H‑ rather than حـ Ḥ‑ . It is mentioned as a village north of Aleppo in al-Suwaydī’s travelogue (see above). In addition to the village name حيلان there is also the name of a lake, بركة هيلانة , spelt with هـ also in Arabic.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 3

يمشى من هنا الى سرمين

bundan Sarmīn’ĕ yürür

He walks from here to Sarmīn.¹⁷

17. Likewise mentioned in al-Suwaydī’s travelogue as a stop between Ḫān Tōmān and Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān, "9 farsaḫs" (ca. 50-55 kms) (from Aleppo?).

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 4

تمشون كثير سريعًا تتعبون

çoḳ yürürsiz tez yorulursız

You (pl.) walk a lot, (so) you get tired quickly.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 5

يمشون قليلًا ما يصلون بالعجل

az yürürler tez-lĕ erişmezler

They walk little, (so) they won’t arrive quickly.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 6

باب الارسال

GÖNDERMEK

Sending

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 7

انا كل شيً ³ تريده ارسله لك

3. Sic! Should be شيٍ (or, in standard Arabic, شيءٍ).

ben her şey istersen saña gönderirim

I (will) send you everything/whatever you want.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 8

وانت كل شيً ⁴ اريده ارسله لي

4. See note on preceding line.

sen-dĕ her şey isterim baña gönder

And you, too, [please] send me everything/whatever I want.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 9

انا ارسلتُ لك القماش ما جا جوابه

ben saña ḳumāş gönderdim cevābını⁹ gelmedi

9. Sic! Should be cevābı (‘his answer’, nominative).

I sent you the fabric, (but) no confirmation [lit., reply about it] has come [so far].

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 10

ارسلتَ لي مكتوب ما ينقرى

baña oḳunmaz mektūb gönderdiñ

You sent me an unreadable letter/message.

NB digi-ms p. 20 • line 11

ارسل له الحرير حالاً باعه

oña ipek gönderdi derḥāl ṣatdı

He sent him the silk, [and] he sold it immediately.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 1

ارسلنا لك برميل قرمز

saña bir vārīl ??vāz¹⁰ çiçeğⁱ ¹¹ gönderdik

10. كواز : none of the reading that are possible in theory (g/ke‑, g/ki‑, g/kö‑, g/kü-) make any sense to me. The word following كواز is çiçek ‘flower’, which would suggest that كواز is a type of flower. But this does not seem to match the Ar qirmiz. 11. Superscript ⁱ in çiçeğⁱ indicates unusual writing of the possessive suffix with kasraʰ (چيچكِ) instead of the usual ـى/ـي .

We sent you a barrel of ᴬʳcrimson dye / ᵀᵘ[?].

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 2

ارسلتم كم مصر ما وصلونا

bir-ḳaç çḳ/gz¹² gönderdiñiz bizĕ erişmediler

12. The reading چقز is unambiguous, but its meaning remains unclear, as also the Ar counterpart (mṣr) is obscure.

You (pl.) sent [us] some ??? , but they haven’t reached us [so far].

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 3

ترسلون شي ما نطلبه منكم

ol şey sizden istemiyoruz gönderirsiz

You (pl.) are sending something we aren’t requesting from you.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 4

يرسلوا ما يريدون لغيرنا

nĕ isterler bizden ġayri gönderirler

They are sending what they want to others instead of us.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 5

ما ترسل شي بينـ[ـبـ]ـاع قوام

tez ṣatılür şey göndermezsin

You aren’t sending something that sells quickly.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 6

ما ارسلنا الّا الذي طلبته

istedüğiñden ġayri göndermedik

We only sent what you had asked for.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 7

ما ارسل لاحد غيرك

bir kimseyĕ senden ġayri göndermedi

He didn’t send to anyone other than you.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 8

يرسلون قماش قوي مليح

pek iyücĕ ḳumāş gönderirler

They are sending very good fabric.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 9

ما يرسل الا عفارة القماش

göndermez illā alçaḳ ḳumāş

He only sends inferior¹⁸ fabric.

18. ‘Inferior’ here renders Ar ʿafāraʰ, lit., ‘dust’, and Tu alçaḳ ‘low’.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 10

ما ارسلتم لنا مطلوبنا

maṭlūbımız¹³ bizĕ göndermediñiz

13. Sic! – Should be maṭlūbımızı (accusative).

You didn’t send us what we requested.

NB digi-ms p. 21 • line 11

ما ارسلتَ القهوة المطلوبه

maṭlūb olan ḳahvĕ¹⁴ göndermediñ

14. Sic! – Should be ḳahvĕ-i (accusative).

You didn’t send the requested coffee.

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 1

يرسل يقول ما عاد ⁵ يرسل شى

5. For mā ʕād = ‘no longer’, cf. Kallas 233.

gönderir diyo[r] artıḳ bir şey göndermez

He says he is sending [something, but] he will/may no longer send anything.¹⁹

19. Or: ‘He is sending [something, but] says he will/may no longer send anything.’

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 2

باب القول

DEMEK

Saying

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 3

قلتُ لك روح اشتغل شغلك

saña dedim git işiñ işlĕ

I told you "Go (and) do your job."

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 4

اقول انك اطرش ما تسمع كلام

derim sen ṣağırsın söz işitmezsin

I say you are deaf, you don’t listen to what is said [lit., Ar: speech, Tu: word(s)].

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 5

قلتَ لي روح هات الحرير

baña dediñ git ipeği getür

You told me, "Go, bring the silk!"

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 6

تقول كلام الذى ⁶ ما افهمه

6. Sic! – In standard written Arabic, the relative pronoun allaḏī would be wrong in connection with something indefinite, so that kalām allāḏī would be understood as ʾiḍāfa meaning ‘the words of someone who…’.

añlamıyorum¹⁵ söz dersin

15. The regular present tense form añlamıyorum is used here as if it was a relativic factitive participle. In modern standard Turkish, ‘which I don’t understand’ would be anlamadığım.

You are telling [me] s.th. I don’t understand.

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 7

قل لي كلام الواضح ⁷ لينفهم

7. Sic! – As in the preceding sentence, the relative pronoun allaḏī is ungrammatical here. kalām al-wāḍiḥ would mean ‘the words of the clear one’.

baña wāḍiḥ söz de-ki añlanür/ır

[Please] speak to me in clear, understandable words / speak clearly so that it can be understood.

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 8

قال له اليوم السوق مسكِّر

oña dedi bugün çarşı ḳapanmışdır

He told him [that] the market is closed today.

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 9

قلنا لك عيد اليوم الحج طالع

saña dedik bayram-dır bugün ḥac çıḳıyor

We told you [that] it’s a holiday today, the pilgrim [caravan] is departing.²⁰

20. Or: ‘it’s a holiday, the pilgrim [caravan] is departing today’ – lack of punctuation and obviously colloquial word order render the written form ambiguous.

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 10

نقول اليوم في ادار تلاث ايام

bugün mart-dă üç gün deriz

We say, today is the third of March.

NB digi-ms p. 22 • line 11

قلتم اليوم اخر المستقرضات

dedüñiz müsteḳrażāt ṣonısı bugündir

You (pl.) said [that] today is the last day / end of borrowing [?].

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 1

تقولون كلام غير مخصوص بنا

bizim-lĕ maḫṣūṣ değil söz dersiz

You (pl.) are telling us things that aren’t our business [lit., You are saying something that isn’t specific to us].

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 2

يقولوا هذا شي ما هو لازمنا

derler bu şey evvel/ol bizĕ lāzım değil

They say this is something we don’t need.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 3

قالوا كل شي يلزم الانسان ان يعرفه

dediler her şeyin insană lāzımdır-ki bilsün

They said everything a person needs to know.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 4

ما قلتُ لك اليوم لا تروح تتفرج

bugün saña dedim seyrĕ gitmĕ

Didn’t I tell / ᵀᵘI told²¹ you today not to go out/for a walk.²²

21. The Ar phrase has a negation, the Tu one is affirmative. In order to make the meanings match, we have to read the Ar one as rhetorical question: ‘Didn’t I tell you…?’ = ‘I told you… .’ 22. The translation is based on the Tu phrase more than on the Ar one, which latter could also mean ‘… go and look’.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 5

ما قلتَ لي فرجت اليوم ما تلزمنا

bugün teferrüci baña demedüñ bizĕ lāzım değil

You didn’t tell me that today’s day out/promenade²³ The meaning is obviously intended to equal teferrüc in the Tu phrase, which, in this case, is most likely used in the sense of ‘diverting one’s self, especially, by going or lounging about in the open air; diversion, entertainment; a day in the country; a change’. – Cf. also the subsequent phrases.)] isn’t necessary/appropriate for us.

23. The translation assumes that Ar فرجت is erroneously spelt the Turkish way and actually should be فرجة *furǧaʰ.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 6

ما قال لي احدًا ⁸ فرجت اليوم ما تجوز

8. Sic! – Should be simply احد or, if voweled, احدٌ (nominative).

bir kimsĕ baña demedi-ki bugün teferrüci cāyiz değil

No one told me that today’s promenade [i.e., going out today] is not appropriate/permissible.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 7

ما نقول شي الذي ⁹ ما هو متعلق بنا

9. For the "superfluous" use of allaḏī, see above, note on p.23, l.7.

ol şey͗i¹⁶ kim bizim-lĕ müteʿalliḳ değil demez-iz

16. The symbol " y͗ " indicates that, in the Arabic script, there is a ء hamz on the letter ي , in addition to the latter’s diacritical dots.

We don’t say anything that isn’t related to us.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 8

ما تقولون الا الشي المفيد لنا

demezsiñiz illā ol şeyin faydĕsi bizĕ ʿāyiddir

You only say what is useful to us. [Tu, lit.: … the benefit of which relates to us.]

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 9

ما يقولوا لنا كلام مستقيم

ṭoğrı söz bizĕ demezler

They don’t speak to us honestly / don’t tell us the truth.

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 10

باب الجلوس

OTURMAḲ

Sitting

NB digi-ms p. 23 • line 11

اجلس عاقل بادبك ما انت صغير

uṣūl-lu¹⁷ edebiñ-lĕ otur sen küçük değilsin

17. Written اوصلوا .

Sit wisely with your manners [i.e., sit down properly, with composure], you’re not a little [child]!

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 1

اجلس وقّع ¹⁰ هذا الغزل وربّطه

10. Here (as also in lines 5, 7, 8 and 9) the shaddaʰ on the verb is in red in the manuscript, added by a second hand or during "proof-reading".

otur bu ipliği uydır hem baġlatdır

Sit down, inspect/adjust this yarn and tie [= weave, or knit?] it!

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 2

لا تجلس تميز منه الرفيع والتخين

ondan incĕ hem ḳalın ayırlă oturmă

Don’t sit and sort the thin and thick separately.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 3

جلستُ افرقت الغزل التخين [من] ¹¹ الرفيع

11. Unclear reading: something squeezed in between al-taḫīn and al-rafīʿ. From the corresponding Tu phrase we can infer that it is likely min.

oturdum ipliği incĕ-den ḳalını ayrıladım

I sat down and separated the thick yarn from the thin [Tu: the thin from the thick].

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 4

ما جلستُ حتي اتممت فرقه

oturmadım tā onuñ inʿizāli tamāmladım

I didn’t sit down until I finished separating it.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 5

جلستَ ورّقت ¹² هل طاقات

12. For the shaddaʰ on warraqt, see above, note to line 1 of this page (as also 7, 8, and 9).

oturduñ bu parçăları kāġıdladım

You sat down and [Tu: I] organized/labeled (?)²⁴ these ᴬʳbundles (ṭāqāt, sg. ṭāqaʰ) / ᵀᵘpieces (parçălar).

24. In both the Ar and Tu phrases, the literal meaning of the verbs is "papered" (from Ar waraq, Tu kāġid), but it is not clear what exactly this "papering" means.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 6

ما جلستَ حطيت كل شي موضعه

oturmadıñ her şey yerlü yerindĕ ḳoydiñ

You didn’t sit down [i.e., take a rest?, until] you (had) placed everything in its [proper] place.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 7

جلس وربّط ¹³ القماش مثلما قلتَ

13. For the shaddaʰ on rabbaṭ, see above, note to line 1 of this page (as also 5, 8, and 9).

oturdı ḳumāşı baġlatdırdi dedikler gibi

He sat down and tied [= knitted, weaved?] the fabric [together] as ᴬʳyou / ᵀᵘthey said.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 8

ما جلس يربّط ¹⁴ الوانه موقعه

14. For the shaddaʰ on yrabbiṭ, see above, note to line 1 of this page (as also 5, 7, and 9).

renklerin uyudirmesi¹⁸ baġlatdırır oturmadı

18. اويودرمسي – sic! Should be اويدرمسي uydırması.

He didn’t sit (down) to arrange its colours appropriately/properly [ᴬʳlit., to tie the colours together].

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 9

جلسنا نكتب القماش المورّق ¹⁵

15. For the shaddaʰ on al-muwarraq, see above, note to line 1 of this page (as also 5, 7, and 8).

kāġıdlanmış ḳumāşı yazmağa oturduḳ

We sat down to label [lit., to write (down)] the patterned [lit., "papered"] fabric.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 10

ما جلسنا نحسب تمن القماش

ḳumāşıñ ḳıymeti ḥesāb etmeğe oturmadıḳ

We didn’t sit down [together] to calculate the ᴬʳprice / ᵀᵘvalue of the fabric.

NB digi-ms p. 24 • line 11

جلستم تصفون كل جنس وحده

oturdıñız her cinsi başḳă düzetdirsiz

You (pl.) sat down and arranged each type separately.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 1

ما جلستم تعملون الشغل بالتأني

oturmadıñız iş eylemᵉsⁱnĕ¹⁹ ḳatlanmaġ-lă

19. Spelt ايلمَسِنَه , with unusual Arabic voweling.

You (pl.) didn’t sit down to work with patience/endurance.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 2

تجلسون حتى تاكلون الطعام

oturursız tā ṭaʿām yersiñiz

You sit down in order to/until you eat the food.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 3

ما تجلسون ان لم تخلصوا شغلكم

işiñiz bitmeyincĕ oturmazsız

You don’t sit [i.e., take a rest] unless you finish your work.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 4

جلسوا يحزمون فردات القماش

ḳumāş ṭayları baġlamaġă oturdılar

They sat down to bundle the bales (?) of fabric.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 5

ما جلسوا الا حتى استراحوا

oturmadılar tā diñlenmişler

They only sat down to take a breath (lit., rest) / ᵀᵘThe didn’t sit down until they rested (?).

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 6

يجلسون يشتغلون اشغالهم

işlerini işlerler otururlar

They sit down and do their work / ᵀᵘThey do their work and sit down.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 7

ما يجلسون الا لاجل اللعب

oturmazlar illā oynamaḳ içün

They only sit down for the sake of playing.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 8

اجلس في الدكان حتى للمسا

dükkāndă oturum aḫşamă dek

I sit in the shop until evening.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 9

ما اجلس في القهوة يعيبوا عليّ

ḳahvĕḫānĕdĕ oturmam üzerimĕ ʿayblanürler

I don’t sit in the coffeehouse because they [may] criticize me [for that].

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 10

تجلس في الميخانة لتسكر

meyḫānĕdĕ otursın ki sar-ḫoş olă-sın

You sit in the tavern to get drunk.

NB digi-ms p. 25 • line 11

ما تجلس الليلة عندنا حتى نتشرف بك

bu gece yanımızda otur tā senüñ-lĕ müşerref olunuruz

Why don’t you stay / ᵀᵘStay [lit., sit] with us tonight so that we may be honored by you[r presence]!

maṣādir [11]–[20]

.

Rising • Coming • Going • Quarreling • Eating • Drinking • Throwing • Throwing • Mounting, riding • Descending

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 1

باب القيام

ḲALḲMAḲ

Rising²⁵

25. The section on ‘Rising’ contains only phrases where the Ar verb qāma is used (as in the spoken language) as a modal auxiliary, indicating the launching of an action (‘so, let us....’, ‘in the end, ...’, ‘then...’, etc.). This function notwithstanding, the corresponding Tu phrases all show the verb ḳalḳmaḳ in the regular, non-auxiliary sense of ‘to rise’.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 2

قم بنا نروح للبستان

ḳalḳ bizim-lĕ bāġçeyĕ gidĕlüm

Let’s go to the orchard then! / ᵀᵘGet up, let’s go…

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 3

لا تقم اليوم هوا بارد

ḳalḳma bugün ṣāvuḳ rüzgārdir

Don’t get up/don’t do it! ᴬʳThe weather is cold today / ᵀᵘThere is a cold wind today.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 4

قام راح فلان مع جماعته

fulān ḳalḳdı cemāʿatiy-lĕ gitdi

Eventually, N.N. went with his group / ᵀᵘN.N. rose and went….

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 5

ما قام راح وخفًا¹⁶ من البرد

16. Sic! – Should be خوفاً .

ḳalḳmadı ṣāvuḳdan ḳorḳmaqı²⁰

20. Sic! – the reading ḳorḳmaḳı is quite unambiguous: قورقمقي . The (ungrammatical) form seems to be a literal translation of the Ar ḫawfᵃⁿ ‘out of fear’, which is a verbal noun in the accusative case (used as mafʿūl li-ʾaǧlih). The Tu form shows the same idea: infinitive ḳorḳmaḳ with accusative suffix ‑ı. – This can probably serve as an example of those cases where the author of Safīnat al-maṣādir, hilself not a native of Turkish, did not have a native of Turkish approve of his own tentative translations (which, like in the present case, tend to be rather literal).

Eventually, he didn’t go, due to the cold.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 6

قمتُ رحت الي المدينة

ḳalḳdım şehrĕ gitdim

Eventually, I went to the city.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 7

ما قمتُ رحت كان لى شغل

gitmeğĕ ḳalḳmadım baña bir iş vardı

Eventually, I didn’t go because I had work.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 8

قمتَ رحت لعند الفتال

ḳalḳdıñ yüñci ḳatınă gitdiñ

You got up (and) went to the spinner/rope-weaver / ᵀᵘwool-merchant, -stapler²⁶

26. Originally, Ar fattāl and Tu yüñcü do not have identical meaning, but they are given as equivalent here. So, one of the terms seems to have been used in the northern Levant in a sense that came close to the respective other. Which of the two that was is hard to tell.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 9

ما قمتَ حتى تودي له الحرير

ḳalḳmadıñ tā oña ipek götirirsin

You didn’t get up/make a move to take the silk to him.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 10

قمنا كلنا نوزّع الحرير للكبابات

ḳalḳdıḳ hepimiz ipeği ṣarḥılara verĕlim

Then all of us began to distribute the silk to the ??? / ᵀᵘAll of us got up, [saying] let’s give the silk to the ???²⁷

27. The recipient of the silk remains obscure to me here, as I was unable to identify both Ar al-kab(b?)ābāt and Tu ṣarḥılar. For Ottoman, the closest vocabulary item I found was صارغو or صارغى ṣarġı ‘any thing bound or wrapped round a thing; especially, a surgical bandage; baş ṣarġısı, a woman’s fillet for the head; bandage for the head; turban’ (Redhouse 1890). In Arabic, kabāb means ‘roasted meatballs (on a skewer)’, kubāb is a ‘flock of sheep; glomerated (sand); moist and compact (earth)’, and kabbābaʰ a ‘ball, pin-cushion’ (Hava 1899). The underlying notions are (Ar kbb II) ‘to roll, form into a ball, conglomerate’ and Tu (sarmak) ‘to wind, wrap around, bind’. My guess is that, in the context of tissue-making that we evidently are dealing with, ᴬʳkabbābaʰ / ᵀᵘṣarḥı meant persons (probably women) who formed the yarn into balls.

NB digi-ms p. 26 • line 11

ما قمنا لاجل ان اليوم معيدين

ḳalḳmadıḳ zīrā bugün bayramlanıyorlar

We didn’t get up/go because they are celebrating holiday (ᴬʳʿīd / ᵀᵘbayram) today.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 1

تقومون نروح للسوق

ḳalḳarsız çarşıyă gideriz

[As soon as] you (pl.) get up, we may / let’s go to the market.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 2

ما تقومون لاشغالكم تستحون

ḳalḳmazsız işleriñizĕ utanürsiz

You don’t get up [i.e., you don’t make a move] to [do, go to] your work; you feel embarrassed.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 3

نقوم نروح لعند واحد عزمنا

ḳalḳüp birisi bizi daʿvet etdi ḳatınă gidelüm

We get up and / Let’s go then to someone who invited us.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 4

ما نقوم اليوم مرفع ¹⁷

17. See note on the Tu sentence.

ḳalḳmazız bugün berkenden²¹ -dir

21. ber-kendĕ ‘extracted, eradicated’ (< Persian). There is also پراكنده perakendĕ ‘dispersed, scattered’ (< Pers پراگنده parāgande), mostly used today as adjective meaning ‘retail (business)’ (as opposed to toptan ‘wholesale’), but this is usually spelt with alif and does not match the meaning of Ar مرفع , which is from √RFʿ ‘to extol, lift, take away’ and with this comes quite close to ber-kendĕ ‘extracted, eradicated’, even more so if we read مرفع as muraffaʿ, part.pass. of raffaʿa ‘to raise, lift, carry away’. However, Hava 1899 and Dozy I ²1927 give us yet another possible reading: marfaʿ (short for: marfaʿ al-laḥm) ‘carnival’.

We’re not getting up today; it’s [a day] off (?, or: carnival?).²⁸

28. See note on the Tu sentence.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 5

قمتم لاين تروحوا على بكره

ḳalḳdıñız ṣabāḥdan nereyĕ gidersiz

You (pl.) got up; [so?,] where are you going that early? (or: this morning?)

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 6

ما قمتم لتعطو الصناعيه ¹⁸ خرجيه

18. Ambiguous reading; could also be لتعطوا لصناعيه with regular spelling of the 2^nd person plural verb, but missing ـلـ or ا in the following word (should be either لتعطوا الصناعيه or لتعطوا للصناعيه).

ḳalḳmadıñız kĕ ḳalfălară ḫarclıḳ verĕsiz

You didn’t get up [i.e., didn’t make a move] to give the workers their allowance/wages.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 7

قاموا كل منهم راح في حاله

ḳalḳdılar her birisinden ḥālinĕ gitdi

They got up and said each of them left on their own / separately.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 8

ما قاموا ينظروا احوال بيوتهم

ḳalḳmadılar evlerin aḥvāli baḳsünler

They didn’t get up [i.e., didn’t make a move] to check on [lit., the conditions of] their homes

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 9

يقوموا يفتشوا لنا على الساعي

ḳalḳarlar sāʿī üzerinĕ bizĕ arayorlar

They get up [i.e., start] to look for us for the messenger/waiter.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 10

ما يقوموا للكنيسه يصلوا

kilisĕyĕ ḳalḳmazlar namāz ḳılsünler

They don’t make a move to go to church and pray / ᵀᵘthey should pray.

NB digi-ms p. 27 • line 11

باب المجى

GELMEK

Coming

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 1

تعال ودي هل حرير للسباغ

gel şu ipeği boyăcıyă götür

Come and deliver this silk to the dyer.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 2

لا تجى من المسبغة للمدينه

boyăḫanĕden şehrĕ gelmĕ

Don’t come from the dyeing place to the city.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 3

اعطيت الحرير للسباغ وجيتُ

ipeği boyăcıyă verdim dĕ geldim

I gave the silk to the dyer and came.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 4

ما جيتُ حتي وزنت الحرير وعديته

gelmedim tā ipeği ṭartdım dă ṣaydım

I didn’t come until I weighed and counted [or: in order to weigh and count?] the silk.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 5

جيتَ كملتَ الشغل الدي امرتُك

seni emr etdüğim iş tamām etmeğĕ geldiñ-mi

Have you come ᴬʳ(and) completed / ᵀᵘto complete the work I had instructed you [to do]?

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 6

ما جيتَ للبيت حتي تجيب اللَّحمه

evĕ gelmediñ kĕ eti getürĕsin

You didn’t come home until you got [or: in order to get?] the meat.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 7

جا وجاب معه الدقيق

geldi dĕ onuñ-lă un getürdi²²

22. Vowelled: كَتُردي .

He came and brought [the] flour with him.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 8

ما جا يودي الغزل للمكوفه

gelmedi ipliği ṣarcıyă götirsin

He didn’t come to deliver this yarn to the ???²⁹

29. Unclear semantics. For Arabic, Hava 1899 has kāfa ‘to sew up (leather)’ and kawwafa ‘to shear (leather)’, so mukawwifaʰ could be a ‘(woman) who shears (leather)’. The Turkish counterpart, ṣarıcı, is probably taken from ṣarmaḳ ‘to bind, wrap’, so that it may signify ‘someone who wraps’.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 9

تجي تودي القماش للبازركاني

gelürsin ḳumāşı bāzargānă götürirsin

You come to take the fabric to the merchant [in the bazar].

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 10

ما تجى حتى تعطي كل منهم قماشه

gelmezsin tā her birinden ḳumāşını verĕsin

You don’t come until you [or: in order to?] give each of them their fabric.

NB digi-ms p. 28 • line 11

يجي ويجيب معه رز وسمن

gelür bilesincĕ²³ pirinc ham yağ getürir

23. As such not in Redhouse 1890, but the reading is unambiguous, and it seems unproblematic to infer from Redhouse’s بلكجه bileñcĕ (for بيله كجه bilĕñcĕ) ‘with thee’ and بلكزجه bileñizcĕ (for بيله كزجه bilĕñizcĕ) ‘with you’ that بلسنجه bilesincĕ is ‘with him’ (for بيله سينجه bilĕsincĕ) (which also matches the Ar phrase).

He comes and brings rice and ghee with him.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 1

ما يجي حتى ترجع الناس من البريه

gelmez tā ālemi biyābāndan dönsünler

He will not come until the people return from the countryside.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 2

باب الذهاب

GİTMEK

Going

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 3

روح صلى وتعال فيسع ¹⁹ اريدك

19. Probably to be read fissaʿ, colloquial for في الساعة fī ’l-sāʿaʰ ‘on the spot, instantly’.

git namāz ḳıl-dĕ tez gel seni isterim

Go pray and come back on the spot, I need you.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 4

لا تروح اليوم للبريه علينا شغل

gitmĕ biyābānă bugün üzerimizĕ iş var

Don’t go to the countryside today; we have work to do.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 5

رحتُ صليتُ وجيتُ مثلما قلت لي

gitdim namāz ḳıldım-dĕ geldim baña dediğiñ gibi

I went, prayed, and came, as you [had] told me.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 6

ما رحتُ للبريه رايت راح الوقت

biyābānă gitmedim vaḳıt gitdi gördüm

I didn’t go to the countryside; I saw [that] time had passed.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 7

تروح تعزم الصناعيه لعندنا

gidersin ḳalfăları ḳatımıză daʿveẗ edersin

You [should] go and invite the workers to come to us.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 8

ما تروح انت ابعت غيرك

sen gitmezsin senden ġayrı gönderirim

You shouldn’t go yourself; send someone else.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 9

ما اروح وانت لا تعزمهم التعب ليش

gitmem sen-dĕ anları daʿveẗ etmĕ ^\sıḳleti/ ²⁴ niçün

24. sıḳleti is written right above etmĕ.

I won’t go, and you don’t invite them!; why the trouble?

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 10

رحتَ قضيتَ الشغل واتممته

gitdiñ işi bitdiñ dĕ tamām etdiñ

You went, carried out the work, and completed it.

NB digi-ms p. 29 • line 11

ما رحتَ لعند الذي وعدك

seni vaʿd eyledüği ḳatına gitmediñ

You didn’t go to the one who [had] promised you [to invite you].

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 1

رحنا عام الماضي للشام

geçen yıl şamă gitdi

Last year we went to Damascus.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 2

كنا رحنا مع جماعه معتبرين

gitmiş-y͗dik müʿtebir cemāʿatler bilĕ

We went with a group of respectable people.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 3

ما رحنا اليوم الي سوق الحرير

bugün ipek çarşuyă gitmedik

We didn’t go to the silk market today.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 4

تروحوا تنظروا البيت في اين

gidersiz ev neredĕ görirsiz

You (pl.) [may] go and/to see where the house is.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 5

ما تروحوا ولا تخبروا احد

gitmezsiz ve na bir kimsĕ ḫaber etmezsiz

Do not go (pl.) or tell anyone!

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 6

رحتم سالتم عن احوال مصر

gitdiñiz miṣr aḥvālından suāl etdiñiz

You (pl.) went and asked about the situation in Egypt.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 7

ما رحتم من بكرا حتى تقشعوه

çin²⁵ ṣabāḥdan gitmediñiz tā anı görirsiz

25. چين çin, instead of more common چك çiñ.

You (pl.) didn’t go early in the morning to see it/him (or: check it out?).

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 8

راحوا سمعوا الحكاواتى فى القهوه

gitdiler ḳıṣṣă-ḫūni ḳahvĕ[dĕ] işitdiler

They went to listen/and listened to the storyteller in the coffeehouse.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 9

ما راحوا مرة اخري حتى ينظروه

bir kerĕ daḫi gitmediler ki anı baḳsunlar

They didn’t go again to look at it/him.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 10

يروحوا ويرجعوا بغير فايده

giderler-dĕ dönerler faydĕsiz

They go and come back without any benefit.

NB digi-ms p. 30 • line 11

ما يروحوا ينظروه ليجى من السوق

gitmezler anı beklerler kĕ çarşudan gelsün

They won’t go; they [rather] wait for him until he comes from the market.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 1

باب الخصام

ÇEKİŞMEK

Quarreling

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 2

تخاصمت اليوم مع اهل الحاره

maḥallĕ ehli ilĕ bugün çækişdim²⁶

26. چاكشدم , with alif expessing open [ɛ] (transliterated /æ/).

I quarreled today with the neighborhood people.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 3

تخاصمت مع شريكي وتصالحت

ortaġım-lă çekişdim dĕ barışdım

I quarreled with my [business] partner and reconciled.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 4

تخاصمتَ معنا على الفارغ

boş üzerinĕ bizim-lĕ çekişdiñ

You (sg.) quarreled with us over nothing.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 5

خاصمونا وصاروا نادمين

bizĕ çekişdiler dĕ pişmān oldılar

They quarreled with us and became regretful.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 6

يا ليتنا ما تخاصمما معكم

keşkĕ siziñ-lĕ çekişmesseydik²⁷

27. Spelt چكشمسَّىٔدك .

Oh, if we only hadn’t quarreled with you!

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 7

من المخاصمه ما الذى يجي

çekişmeden nĕ gelür

What (ᴬʳis it that) comes from quarreling?

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 8

تخاصم معي ليش اني ما رحت

benim-lĕ çekişdi niçün gitmedim

He quarreled with me [about] why I hadn’t gone.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 9

تخاصمنا كثير ما صار فايده

çoḳ çekişdik faydĕ olmadı

We quarreled a lot; it was of no benefit.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 10

خاصمونا وتعدوا علينا

bizi çekişdiler ve üzerimizĕ teʿaddā etdiler

They quarreled with us and attacked us.

NB digi-ms p. 31 • line 11

لو ما كنا نتخاصم معهم لما وصلنا لهنا

eğer anlarıñ-lă çekişmesseydik²⁸ burayă erişmedik

28. Spelt چكشمسَئدك .

If we hadn’t quarreled with them, we wouldn’t have reached here [i.e., wouldn’t have arrived at this point].

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 1

باب الاكل

YEMEK

Eating

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 2

اكلت اليوم قرع محشي

bugün ḳabaḳ ṭolması yedim

Today I ate stuffed zucchini.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 3

اكلت ما شبعت بقيت جوعان

yedim ṭoymadım aç ḳaldım

I ate [but] didn’t get full, I remained hungry.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 4

اكلت لكن كان الطعام بلا ملح

yedim ama ṭaʿām ṭuzsuz idi

I ate, but the food was tasteless [lit., without salt].

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 5

اكل وما رحم روحه من كثر ما اكل

yedi ve çoḳ yediğinden canınă merḥamet etmedi

He ate so much, he didn’t leave anything.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 6

اكل وطلع عمال ²⁰ يعتب علي صاحب البيت

20. The colloquial aspectual marker عمال indicates the beginning or continuation of an action.

yedi çıḳüp ev ṣāḥibi üzerinĕ ʿatab eder

He ate and started complaining about the host of the house.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 7

اكل وما بان عليه انه اكل

yedi üzerinĕ belli olmadı kĕ yedi

He ate, but it didn’t show that he had eaten.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 8

اكلوا دراهم اليتيم المسكين

öksüzüñ aḳçăsını biçārĕ yediler

They "ate" the poor orphan’s money.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 9

اكلوا وما ابقوا في الصينيه شي

yediler tā tebsĕdĕ bir şey ḳomadılar

They ate and left nothing in the plate.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 10

اكلنا كلنا والاكل كان واسع

hepimiz yedik yemek??? bol idi

We all ate, and the food was plentiful.

NB digi-ms p. 32 • line 11

اكلنا من كل الذي كان وما خلينا شي

yedik her nĕ idi ve bir şey ḳomadıḳ

We ate from ᴬʳeverything that / ᵀᵘwhatever was there and didn’t leave anything.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 1

اكلنا الله يزيد انعامه عليه

yedik ḥaḳḳ teʿālà inʿāmetler^\i/ üzerinĕ artarsın

We’re done with eating. May God increase His blessings on it.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 2

اكل كل من كان موجود وكلٌ راح لشغلهِ

her kimiñ mevcūd idi yedi işiñe gitdi

Everyone present ate and left for their work.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 3

باب الشرب

İÇMEK

Drinking

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 4

شربت نبيد قبرصي ممسك

ḳıbrıṣıñ şarabı m˅şkātu²⁹ derler içdim

29. Obviously Muscat wine. Vowel in first syllable unclear.

I drank ᴬʳstrong [i.e., intoxicating?] wine / ᵀᵘwine they call moscato from Cyprus.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 5

شربنا ماء الرمان بدبس مدوب

nār ṣuyı bekmez ilĕ ezilmiş içdik

We drank pomegranate juice with molasses (dissolved) [in it].

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 6

شربوا شراب الليمون اليوسفي

yūsufi-limon rabi³⁰ içdiler

30. Sic (ربي)! Probably erroneously for شرابي şarābı.

They drank mandarin lemon [?] drink.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 7

اليوم شرب دوا مسهل

bugün ishāl içün dermān içdi

Today he drank a laxative (remedy).

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 8

يشرب بوق ما وحالاً يبزقه

bir yum ṣu içer ve derḥāl tükürir

He drinks a sip of water and immediately spits it out.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 9

نشرب عصير السفرجل والتفاح

ḥayva ve elmanıñ ṣoḳmaġı ṣuyın içeriz

We drink quince and apple juice.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 10

يشربوا عرق عنبرية الكباد

kibād ʿanbari raḳı içerler

They drink the ambergris arrak.³⁰

30. Hava 1899 has ʿaraq ʿanbarī ‘aromatic liquor, ratafia’. The attribute …al-kibād ‘of the livers’ is probably redundant, as ambergris is produced in the bile tract of whales. The Turkish term "kibād ʿanbari raḳı" seems to be a clumsy literal translation from the Arabic.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 11

تشربون الچاي بالحليب والسكر

çāy süt ilĕ şeker içersiñiz

You (pl.) drink tea with milk and sugar.

NB digi-ms p. 33 • line 12

شربتم الماورد بسكر نبات

gül-āb ilĕ nabāt şekeri içdiñiz

You (pl.) drank rose water with plant sugar.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 1

باب الرمى

BIRAḲMAḲ

Throwing³¹

31. In modern Turkish, bırakmak is rather ‘leaving, letting alone’ than ‘throwing’. The original notion seems to have been that of *‘releasing s.th., letting go, slipping, dropping’, hence the (obviously dialectal) meaning of ‘throwing’.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 2

رميت الذهب بيدى

altunı ælim³¹ ilĕ bıraḳdım

31. Spelt آلِم (fully voweled, with māddaʰ for [ɛ]).

I threw the gold (away) with my (own) hand.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 3

رميته مرة اخري ما اريد

anı bir kerĕ³² genĕ bıraḳdım istemem

32. Spelt كرّه (with shaddaʰ).

I threw it away again; I dont want it.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 4

رما كل الفضه في النار

gümişi hep ateşdĕ bıraḳdı

I threw all the silver into the fire.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 5

ترمى الورقه وما تطلع فى الكتابه

kāġıdı bıraḳırsın yazuyă baḳmazsın

You (sg.) (may) throw the paper away, you don’t (have) to look at the writing [i.e., what is written on it].

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 6

رميتم الصبي وكسرتم راسه

oġlanı bıraḳdıñız başı ḳırdıñız

You (pl.) cast [s.th.] on the boy and broke his head.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 7

يرمي علينا الحجار ما يستحي

üzerimizĕ ṭaşları bıraḳır utanmaz

He throws stones at us [and] doesn’t feel ashamed [for that].

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 8

رموا الكلام وما عرفوا اخره

laḳırdıyı³³ bıraḳdılar ṣonısı bilmediler

33. Spelt لَقِردِيِى (fully voweled).

They threw out words without knowing the consequences [lit., their end].

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 9

رمونا في هل شغله للبلا

bizi bu işdĕ belāyă bıraḳdılar

They left us in a mess in this affair [lit., in this affair, they threw us in a disaster].

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 10

ترموا الناس في بعضهم وتصيروا متفرجين

ḫalḳı baʿżlarındă bıraḳırsız ve seyirci olursız

You set [lit., throw, leave] people against each other, [then sit] and watch.

NB digi-ms p. 34 • line 11

رمينا هلكار ما عدنا نعمله

bu kārı bıraḳdıḳ artıḳ eylemĕyüz³⁴

34. ايلمه يوز erroneusly for ايله ميز .

We left that work,³² we no longer do it.

32. Both the Ar and the Tu phrases have kār, a word that, actually, is neither Arabic nor Turkish but Persian.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 1

يرموا ويروحوا الي شغلهم

bıraḳırlar ve işlerinĕ giderler

They throw and go their way [i.e., fling things around, then leave without cleaning up?].

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 2

رميتَ رقبة الحرامي

ḫırsızıñ [b]oynını³⁵ bıraḳdıñ

35. Emended from يويننى *yoynını, with erroneous initial *يـ instead of بـ .

You (s.g.) hit/beat [lit., threw (s.th. on)] the thief’s neck.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 3

باب الحدف

AṬMAḲ

Throwing away / deleting / discarding

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 4

حدفتَ الذي اشتغلتَه ما عجبنى

işlediğiñ aṭdıñ beğenmedim

You discarded/deleted what you had worked on; I didn’t like it/that.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 5

حدفتُ الحبل على البسمار ²¹

21. Probably dialectal/colloquial for مسمار mismār .

kendiri miḫ üstünĕ aṭdım

I tossed the rope onto the nail.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 6

لا تحدفنا عن كتفك

bizi omuzuñdan aṭmă

Don’t throw us off your shoulder. (=?)

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 7

لو كنتُ احدف كنت انت تري

aṭsă y͗dım sen görirdiñ

If I were to throw, you would see.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 8

حدف الحجر لكن ما وصلت

ṭaşı aṭdı ama erişmedi

He threw the stone but it didn’t reach [its goal].

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 9

حدفوا الشغله الي غدا

işi yarınă dek bıraḳdılar

They postponed [lit., threw] the task until tomorrow.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 10

حدفنا الطواب العيد وركبنا

bayramıñ ṭūbları aṭdıḳ dĕ bindik

We threw the eed cubes/balls [= skipped the holiday ceremony?]³³ and mounted.

33. Unclear semantics. ᴬʳal-ṭawāb al-ʿīd looks ungrammatical (even if we assume that it should be *ṭawāb al-ʿīd, what would ‘the feast bricks’ mean?), and ᵀᵘbayramıñ ṭūbları could also be …ṭopları ‘the canon balls’ (which are "thrown", i.e., shot from the canons of, say, a citadel to announce the end of fasting in Ramaḍān). And supposed it were ‘the eed canons’, why should ‘we mount our horses’ after this shooting?

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 11

نحدف المعامله لانها كلها زغل

muʿāmelĕ hepi bıraḳırız zīrā hepsi ḳalbdır

We discard the transaction because it’s all false/deceit.³⁴

34. For ᴬʳzaġal, Hava 1899 has ‘deception, cheat, adulteration’; for ᵀᵘḳalb, Redhouse 1890 gives ‘1 false, base, spurious (coin); 2 bad, vile, good-for-nothing; 3 adulterated, impure (thing); 4 pretended, simulated; 5 hypocritical’.

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 12

باب الركوب

BİNMEK

Riding, mounting

NB digi-ms p. 35 • line 13

ركبت الفرس ورحت درت

aṭı bindim gezmeyĕ gitdim

I mounted the horse and went around.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 1

ركبتَ في المركب ورحتَ لمصر

gemidĕ bindiñ miṣră vardıñ

You boarded the ship and ᴬʳwent to / ᵀᵘreached/arrived in Egypt.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 2

ركب على البغله تعب

ḳaṭır üstünĕ bindi yoruldı

He rode on the mule (and) got tired.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 3

لو ركب علي الحمار ما كان تعب ابدًا

eşek üstünĕ binsĕ hiç yorulmazdı

If he had ridden the donkey, he wouldn’t have gotten tired at all.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 4

ركبوا شجرة المشمش واكلوا مشمشها

ḳayısı aġaçı bindiler meyvĕsini yediler

They climbed the apricot tree and ate its ᴬʳapricots / ᵀᵘfruit.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 5

ركبنا تلك الجمعه وطلعنا للصيد

ol haftă bindik avă çıḳdıḳ

That week we mounted [our horses] and set out to hunt.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 6

لو ركبنا على اللاوند كنا قطعنا كم راس

ḳabusız üstünĕ binsĕ iyiz birḳaç baş keserdik

If we had taken the Landau carriage [?],³⁵ we would have made some miles [?; lit., ᴬʳᵀᵘcut some heads].

35. ‘Landau (carriage)’ is my guess. The Ar word corresponds to Tu ḳabusuz (ḳapısız) ‘door-less’, which seems to point to a vehicle. Dozy ²1927 has لاوند as pl. of لاوندي and assumes that it is ‘Levantine’, but this does not match the Tu word.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 7

باب النزول

İNMEK

Going down, descending / leaving (the house) / getting off (from a horse) etc.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 8

نزلتُ الي سوق الحرير لاري اثمانه

ipek çarşusınă indim kĕ bahasınă göræyim

I descended [to go] to the silk market to see its [sc. the silk’s] prices.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 9

نزلتَ سالتَ عن ساعي بغداد

baġdād sāʿīden ötiri suʾāl etmeğĕ indiñ

You descended (and) asked / to ask about the messenger of/from Baghdad.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 10

نزل واطلع الدلو من الجب

indi ḳuyudan ḳoġă çıḳardı

He got down/descended and pulled the bucket up from the well.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 11

نزلوا فتشوا عليه ما حوشوه

indiler üstünĕ aradılar peydā etmediler

They descended (and) searched for him but didn’t find (a trace) of him.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 12

لو نزل كنا نقشع شغلنا معه

insĕ kendüsiylĕ işimiz baḳırdıḳ

If he came [= had come] down, we would have discussed/looked into our work/affairs with him.

NB digi-ms p. 36 • line 13

ما نزل للمدينه انا عدت معطّل

şehrĕ inmedi ben artıḳ muʿaṭṭal ḳaldım

He didn’t come down to the city; [so?] I am ᴬʳagain/still / ᵀᵘeventually stuck [lit., remained hindered].

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 1

نزلنا على دمياط ما راينا احدًا

Dumyāṭ üzerinĕ indik bir kimsĕ görmedik

We went down to / descended in Damietta [and/but] saw no one.

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 2

لو ينزلوا عن دعواهم كان يصير مليح

insĕler daʿvālarından iyü olurdı

If they abandoned their claims [or: their arrogance?],³⁶ it would/will be good.

36. It’s hard to tell what ᴬʳ^/ᵀᵘdaʿwà may exactly mean in this line.

maṣādir [21]–[30]

.

Concealing • Hiding • Seeing • Taking • Giving • Selling • Looking • Putting/laying • Hearing • Falling

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 3

باب الاخفا

GİZLEMEK

Concealing

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 4

اخفينا كلام الذى²² قاله كله

22. Cf. above, p. XXX, line YYY.

söylediği söz hepsini gizledik

We concealed all he said.

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 5

لو اخفيت وما ارويتك ما كان يصير

gizlesem seni göstermessæm³⁶ olmaz idi

36. Spelt كوسترمسَّم .

If I had concealed [it] from you and not shown³⁷ [it to you³⁸ ], it wouldn’t have happened.

37. The translation builds on the Turkish phrase he. Given the ᵀᵘgöstermedi, which clearly means ‘he didn’t show’, ᴬʳما ارويتك is evidently not from √RWY but from √RʾY , probably to be read ʾarwētak, meaning ‘I didn’t show you’. 38. Translation based on the Ar phrase. The corresponding Tu sentence has seni (accusative = ‘you’, direct object), not sana (dative = ‘to you’, indirect object).

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 6

اختفَى وما اروي روحه

gizlendi kendiniñ canı göstermedi

He hid himself/disappeared and didn't show up [?, lit. didn't show his soul].

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 7

باب التخبيه

SAḲLAMAḲ

Hiding

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 8

خبيتُ خمسة احمال بن زاد تمنه

beş yük ḳahvĕ ṣaḳladım bahāsı artdı

I hid five loads of coffee, [so] its price increased.

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 9

خبوا السمن صار تمنها الطاق طاقين

yaġı ṣaḳladılar bahāsı ḳatı iki ḳat oldı

They hid the ghee, [so] its price doubled.

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 10

خباك انت الى غير شغله

bir ġayr iş seni ṣaḳladı

??? [lit., He hid you away ᴬʳto/ᵀᵘ– another issue]

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 11

تخبي عني لماذا لم تعلمنى

benden ṣaḳlarsın niyĕ beni iʿlām etmezsin

You are hiding [s.th.?] from me; why didn’t/wouldn’t you inform/tell me?

NB digi-ms p. 37 • line 12

خبيتموه تحت الارض لا بد ما الاقيه

yer altına gizlendiñiz elbette-dĕ bulurum

You (pl.) hid it underground; I have to / will surely find it.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 1

خبيتَ الذي خبيتَه وما طلعتَ راس

ṣaḳladüġıñ ṣaḳladın başă çıḳmadın

You hid what you hid and didn’t reveal the main point [lit., didn’t come out to the head].

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 2

تخبايه ما صار لهُ فايده

ṣaḳladıġıñı oña³⁷ faydă olmadı

37. Spelt اَڭَا .

His hiding didn’t prove beneficial for him.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 3

تخبا فما اروانا ذاته

ṣaḳlandı kendiniñ ẕātı bizĕ göstermedi

He hid himself, so he didn’t show himself to us.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 4

باب الرويا

GÖRMEK

Seeing

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 5

رأيتُ الرز ما هو قوي مليح

pirinci gördim pek iyü değil

I’ve seen the rice; it isn’t very good.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 6

راى الورقه وعرف شغله

kāġıdı gördi ve işi bildi

He saw the paper and knew his task [lit., job].

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 7

رايتُ البن فيه جوزه كثير

ḳahveh͗ (= ḳahve-yi)³⁸ gördüm içindĕ ḳuzı çoḳdır

38. Written قهوۀ , with hamzaʰ on the hāʾ, as if it were a Persian eżāfet. But perhaps it only should express accusative ending: ḳahvĕ-yi.

I saw the coffee; there is a lot of chaff ³⁹ (in it).

39. lit., both ᴬʳǧawzeʰ and ᵀᵘḳoz mean ‘walnut’.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 8

تري هل عسل احمر

bu bāl ḳırmızı görirsin

You see (think?) this honey is red.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 9

راوا هل فستق مخلط

bu besteh͗ (beste-yi)³⁹ ḳarışıḳ gördiler

39. Dto.: بستۂ bestĕ-yi.

They saw this pistachio⁴⁰ was/is mixed [= not pure?].

40. This translates ᴬʳfustuq / fistiq͗. ᵀᵘbestĕ is usually not ‘pistachio’ but a loanword (from Persian bast-an ‘to bind’) with a wide range of meanings (Redhouse 1890 gives: ‘1 bound, fastened; 2 shut, locked, barred; 3 fettered; 4 under obligation; 5 obligatory; 6 congealed, benumbed, coagulated, inspissated; 7 (young fruit) that has set or taken form; 8 obstructed, blocked, blockaded; 9 under a spell and sexually impotent; 10 arranged, concluded, agreed to’); moreover, it may signify a musical ‘composition’ or a poem. Here, however, I assume it is a "loanword" from colloquial Arabic, where final /-q/ is pronounced [ʔ] and therefore almost disappeared.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 10

راوا الطحين طلع عاطل

unı gördiler fenā çıḳdı

They saw the flour; it turned out bad.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 11

راينا الجرح حطينا له مرهم

yară-lı gördük āña melhem ḳodıḳ

We saw the ᴬʳwound/ᵀᵘwounded and applied ointment on it/him.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 12

رايتم الَّا بعد ايش

gördiñiz ama neden ṣoñră

You saw [it/him] but only after a while [?; lit., after what?]

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 13

لو ما تري كان يبقى خاطرك

görmesiñ ḫāṭırıñ ḳalürdi

If you don’t see / hadn’t seen [it/him], you will/might regret/been offended (lit., your thought memory will/might remain [s.c., with it]).⁴¹

41. Brendemoen 2004: ᵀᵘhatırı kalmak = ‘bli fornærmet, bli såret’.

NB digi-ms p. 38 • line 14

باب الاخذ

ALMAḲ

Taking / buying

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 1

اخذتُ امس قضيب توتن

dün tütün çupuġı⁴⁰ aldım

40. Spelt چپوغي , with unusual پ p and no و after the first consonant, as if the pipe were called çapuḳ not çubuḳ (as it would be in standard Ottoman: چوبوق).

Yesterday I took a tobacco rod [i.e., bought a tobacco pipe?].

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 2

اخذتَ وقية الصابون باربع مصريات

ṣābūn nukisi⁴¹ dört parayă aldım

41. Given that the corresponding Ar word is waqiyyeʰ (standard ʿūqiyyaʰ), the strange ᵀᵘ نوكي is probably a contaminated form of ūḳiyyĕ (< ᴬʳwaqiyyeʰ), with softened k (< ᴬʳq) and initial -n, assumably erroneously repeated from the final -n of ṣābūn: *ṣābūn ūḳiyyĕ-si > ṣābūn nūki-si.

You bought the ounce of soap for four coins [ᴬʳmiṣrī/ᵀᵘpara].⁴²

42. Hava 1899 translates ᴬʳmiṣrī (lit., ‘Egyptian’) as ‘para; farthing’ (the pl. maṣārī is in use until today as the word for ‘money’ in the Levant). A ᵀᵘpara is one fortieth of a ġurūş (piaster). See article "ʿOthmānli̊: IX. Numismatics" (R.E. Darley Doran), in EI².

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 3

اخذ المال شريكه ما اراد

mālı aldı ortaġı istemedi

He took the money, [while, but, and] his partner didn’t want that.

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 4

ياخذ منه حقه ليش ما يريد

kendiden ḥaḳḳını alır niyĕ istemez

He takes from him what he is entitled to; why doesn’t he want [that]? [i.e., probably, A takes from B what he, A, is entitled to; so why should B be opposed to that?]

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 5

اخذتم هدا المال منه غصبًا

bu mālı gerek-gerekmez kendiden aldıñız

You (pl.) took this money from him ᴬʳby force / ᵀᵘwilly-nilly [lit., necessary or not].

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 6

لو ما ياخذه ما كان يعطيه

almazsa kendinĕ vermezdi

If he hadn’t taken/bought it, he wouldn’t have given it to him.

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 7

اخذنا بكلمة واحده بالف كلمه ما عمال يعطي

bir söz ilĕ aldıḳ biñ söz ilĕ vermiyor

??? [lit., We bought (it) with one word; with a thousand words he wouldn’t give (it); i.e., probably, he wouldn’t sell it if we were to bargain a lot; but we made a quick decision]

NB digi-ms p. 39 • lines 8-9¹

1. Lines 8-9 are treated as a unit here as the Ar phrase extends to the left column and the Tu one starts on the right and likewise takes the whole line.

لو اخذ هذا اللؤلؤ بثمن ما يسوي / كنت اعطيه الا ما عبر لثمنه

bu incü değer bahāsıy-lă alır verir / idim ama bahāsınă girmedi

If he took/bought this pearl for its value [i.e., if he paid for it what it really is worth], I’d give it to him; but he didn’t agree to/comment on its price

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 10

اخذوا حجر الالماس طلع وطي

elmās ṭaşını aldılar ~~ṭiliʿ~~⁴² alçaḳ çıḳdı

42. ᴬʳṭiliʿ is crossed out by the author when he became aware that he was writing the Turkish sentence, not the Arabic one.

They bought [lit., took] the diamond, but it turned out [to be of] low [i.e., inferior] quality.

NB digi-ms p. 39 • line 11

لو اخذوا كنا نحن ننبسط

alsalar biz ḥaẓẓ ederdik

If they took it, we would be pleased (or: Had they taken it we would have been happy).

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 1

باب العطا

VERMEK

Giving

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 2

اعطي هذا المكتوب للساعي

bu mektūbı sāʿīyĕ ver

Give this letter to the messenger.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 3

لا تعطيه الي غير الساعي

sāʿī-den ġayrı vermĕ

Do not give [it] to anyone other than the messenger.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 4

اعطيتَ المكتوب لمن

mektūbı kimĕ verdiñ

To whom did you give the letter/message?

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 5

اعطيتُه لساعي البصره

Baṣra sāʿīsinĕ verdim

I gave it to the messenger of Baṣra/the Baṣra envoy.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 6

اعطا الدراهم للصراف

aḳçeh͗/aḳçeyi ṣarrāfă verdi

He gave the money to the money changer.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 7

اعطيناه القماش وجينا

ḳumāşı kendinĕ verdik dĕ geldik

We gave him the fabric and came [back].

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 8

تعطيه الطاقات بغير عدد

parçăları ṣaymaḳsız verirsin

You give him the bundles without counting.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 9

ما يعطي الحرير بغير وزن

ipeği ṭartmaḳsız vermez

He doesn’t give the silk without weighing it.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 10

ما اعطاني السباغ/الصباغ²³ اللحمه

23. Above the س of السباغ a ص is written in brownish colour to correct the misspelling.

boyăcı arġacı baña vermedi

The dyer didn’t give me the weft.⁴³

43. ᴬʳlaḥmaʰ / ᵀᵘarġaç, a technical term from the language of weavers, signifying one of the main components of woven cloth, cf., e.g., Wikipedia entry on Warp and weft.

NB digi-ms p. 40 • line 11

باب البيع

ṢATMAḲ

Selling

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 1

بعتَ السكر الذى عندك

yanındă-ki şeker ṣatdıñ

You sold the sugar you had.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 2

بعتُ النيل الذي جانى

baña geldiği [sic!] çivid ṣatdım

I sold the indigo that had reached [lit., come to] me.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 3

ابيع لكن انت ما تأخذ

ṣatarım ama sen almazsın

I (would) sell, but you don’t/may not take [it].

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 4

تبيع ولكن بالدين

ṣatarsın ama verĕsiyĕ

You sell, but on credit.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 5

لو بعنا بهذا التمن ما كان بقى عندي شي

bu bahā\yă/ ṣatsaḳ yanımızdă bir şey ḳalmazdı

If we had sold at this price, I wouldn’t have anything left.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 6

باع لكن ما الفايده ما كسب شي

ṣatdı ama nĕ faydĕ bir nesnă ḳazanmadı

He sold it, but what’s the benefit? He didn't gain/earn anything.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 7

لو /كنا\ نبيع هذا كان اخذ الكل

ṣatsay͗dıḳ bu hepsi alür idi

If we had been selling, this [one/person] would have taken everything.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 8

ما باع بهذا الثمن

bu bahāyă ṣatmadı

He didn’t sell at this price.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 9

لو باعوا كان يصير قوي مليح

ṣatsălar pek iyü olurdı

If they had sold, it would have been very good.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 10

من اجل انهم ما باعوا بقى خاطرنا

ṣatmadıḳlar-içün ḫāṭırımız ḳaldı

We felt offended because they didn’t sell.⁴⁴

44. For ‘to be offended’ etc., see above, note on NB digi-ms p. 38 line 13.

NB digi-ms p. 41 • line 11

علي اواه ]؟[كانوا يشتروا انا كنت ابيع

cānına minnet alsă idiler ben ṣatırdım

The more they are going to buy, the better; I am ready to sell.⁴⁵

45. Translation follows the Turkish phrase here, as only the latter’s meaning could be identified. Cf. Brendemoen 2013: canına minnet ‘jo mer desto bedre; hva mer kunne man ønske’ (the more the better; could one have wished for more?!).

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 1

باب النظر

BAḲMAḲ

Looking ⁴⁶

46. There is another chapter on "Looking" further down, starting p. NB digi-ms p. 48, line 11.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 2

نظرتُ النيل والقرمز ما عجبني

çivid ham çiçeğĕ baḳdım beğenmedim

I’ve had a look at the indigo and the crimson; I didn’t like them.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 3

نظرتَ انت نيل في غير موضع

sen bir ġayr yerdĕ çivid baḳdıñ

You’ve seen (some) indigo elsewhere/in another place.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 4

نظر لماء النهر معكر قوي

çay ṣuyă baḳdı pek bulanıḳdır

He looked at the ᴬʳriver’s / ᵀᵘbrook’s water; [it was] very muddied.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 5

تنظر الكتابه وما تقدر تقراها

yazuyı baḳarsın oḳuyămazsın

[If/when] you look at the writing, you cannot/may not be able to read it.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 6

نظروا اليكم وراو شغلكم

sizĕ baḳdılar işiñiz gördiler

They looked at you (pl.) and saw your work.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 7

نظرنا وعلمنا وما قلنا شي

baḳdıḳ-dă ham bildik bir şey demedik

We observed [lit., looked], understood [what was going on], and said nothing.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 8

لو ننظر كنا قشعنا

baḳsaḳ görirdik

If we (had) paid attention [lit., looked], we would perceive/have perceived.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • lines 9-10

لو ينظروا اشغال الذي فعلوها ما كانوا عيبوا علي احدٍ

baḳsălar eyledikleri işler kimseyĕ ʿayb-lamazlar idi

If they had looked at what [lit., the work] they have done, they wouldn't have blamed anyone. [or (irrealis I): If they looked... they wouldn’t blame...]

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 11

باب الوضع

ḲOMAḲ

Putting, laying, placing, setting

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 12

وضعت الدراهم في الخزان فتحوه واخذوها

aḳçĕ dolabdă ḳoydım açdılar aldılar

I (had) put the money in the wardrobe; they opened it and took it.

NB digi-ms p. 42 • line 13

وضع الدراهم في عبه

aḳçĕ ḳoynakdă ḳoydı

He put the money in his (waistcoat-)pocket.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 1

وضعني انا هنا وراح

beni bundă ḳoydı gitdi

He placed me here and left.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 2

وضعوا القماش في الحمل ونسوا

ḳumāşı yükdĕ ḳoydılar unuṭdılar

They put the fabric in the bundle [?; lit., on the load] and forgot it.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 3

موضع ما وضعنا فتشنا ما راينا

ḳoydıġımız yerdĕ aradıḳ görmedik

We searched where we (had) put/placed [it], [but] we didn't find [it].

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 4

وضعنا الصفره في الوسط ما اكل

ṣofray?? orṭadă ḳoydıḳ yemedi

We placed the food in the middle, [but] he didn't eat.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 5

لا تضع في هل موضع شي يسرقوه

bu yerdĕ bir şeyʾ ḳoyma çalarlar

Don't place/put/leave anything here; they'll steal it.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 6

حطوا الموت بازا اعينهم

ölümi gözlerin öñüne ḳoydılar

They seriously considered death [?; lit., they placed death right before their eyes].

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 7

شى الذي وضعته ليش تقيمه

ḳoydıġıñ nesneyi niyĕ ḳaldırırsın

The thing you put down — why are you putting it up [again]?

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 8

باب السمع

İŞİTMEK

Hearing/listening

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 9

سمعت انت كلام الذى²⁴ قلته

24. Sic! – For the ungrammatical lack of definitive article al- in nouns referred to by relative allaḏī, cf. above, NB digi-ms, page 22, line 6 (and many other instances).

söylediğin sözleri sen işitdiñ

You heard the words I said.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 10

سمع حسكم نصف الليل

sæsıñız gece yarusı işitdi

He heard your voice [ᴬʳḥiss / ᵀᵘsæs] at midnight.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 11

اسمع لكنى ما اعطى جواب

işiderim ama ben cevāb vermem

I (am) listen(ing), but I don’t/won’t give an answer.

NB digi-ms p. 43 • line 12

ما تسمع انت اطرش

işitmezsin ṣāġırsın sen

You don’t hear/listen; you’re deaf.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 1

سمعنا شغل العاطل الذي فعلوه

köti iş eyledikleri işitdik

We heard of the bad work they did.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 2

ما سمعنا كان لنا شوية فكر

işitmedik bizĕ biraz fikir vardı

We didn't hear/listen, our mind was busy with some thoughts.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 3

لو نسمع كنا نعطي جواب مليح

işitsek iyü cevāb verirdik

If we (had) listened, we would (have) give(n) a good answer.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 4

نحن سمعنا لكننا مغيبنا

işitdik ama biz mībālīldik

We heard, but we were absent-minded.⁴⁷

47. The meaning of the phrases seems rather clear, but the reading of both the Ar and Tu vocabulary items remains doubtful. Instead of the strange ᴬʳ مغيبنا one would expect مغيبين mġayyabīn. And ᵀᵘميباليلدك can perhaps we analysed as containing as its first component the Persian loanword مي mey ‘wine’, and then something containing the Arabic بال bāl ‘mind’. The rest remains obscure; either it contains misspellings, or it is a dialectal/colloquial expression for ‘intoxicated, tipsy, drunk’.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 5

يسمع ويعمل روحه صغير

işider ve canını küçük eder

He listens and pretends to be naïve.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 6

باب الوقوع

DÜŞMEK

Falling

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 7

وقعت من الفرس اتحدش راسي

aṭdan düştim başımı yaraldı

I fell off the horse, and my head was injured.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 8

وقع في هل شغل بغير معرفه

bu işdĕ düşti maʿrifet-sizdir

He got involved in this business ᴬʳwithout knowing [what was happening] / ᵀᵘhe is without knowledge [about it].

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 9

تقع وما تقدر تقوم

düşersin ḳalḳămayorsın

You fall and cannot get up / you may fall and be unable to get up.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 10

وقعنا فبكينا كالاولاد

düşdük uşaḳlar gibi aġladıḳ

We fell and cried like children.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 11

لما يقع المطر يصير الرخص

yaġmur düşdikdĕ ucuzluḳ olur

When the rain falls, prices drop.

NB digi-ms p. 44 • line 12

وقعتم هم يكونوا سالمين

düşdiñiz ānlar ṣāġ olsunlar

You fell [but] they may be safe.

maṣādir [31]–[40]

.

Fearing • Entering • Exiting • Burning • Standing • Grasping, catching • Looking • Working, doing • Upbringing • Sleeping

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 1

باب الخوف

ḲORḲMAḲ

Fearing

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 2

خاف منا لا نعتب عليه

bizden ḳorḳdı üzerinĕ ʿatab etmeyĕlim

He is afraid of us; let’s not reprimand him!

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 3

خفنا عليكم ليلا تنضروا

üzeriñiz ḳorḳdıḳ mebādā żararlanmazsız

We worried for you, lest you be harmed.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 4

لو خفنا منكم ما كنا نجي

sizden ḳorḳsaḳ gelmezdik

If we were afraid of you, we wouldn't come.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 5

خفت منك لدلك ما جئت

senden ḳorḳdım ānıñ-içün gelmedim

I was afraid of you, that’s why I didn’t come.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 6

خافوا منا لهذا السبب ما جاوا

bizden ḳorḳdılar bu sebebi gelmediler

They feared/were afraid of us; that’s why they didn’t come.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 7

لا تخاف تعال حتى نروح

ḳorḳmă gel gidĕlim

Don’t be afraid! Come, let’s go.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 8

اخاف اذا راح للقدس الشريف ما يلحق الزيارة

ḳorḳarım ḳudüs[-i] şerifĕ gitsĕ ziyāreti yetişmeyĕ

I fear that if he goes to Holy Jerusalem, he will not be there in time for the pilgrimage (ziyāra)

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 9

في الدخول

GİRMEK

Entering

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 10

دخلنا للبيت كان عتمه

evĕ girdik ḳaranlıḳ idi

We entered the house; it was dark.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 11

دخلت فتشت ما رايت احدًا

girdim aradım kimsĕ görmedim

I entered, searched [i.e., looked around, but] I didn't see anyone.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 12

دخل للبستان راى الماء ناشف

bāġçĕyĕ girdi ṣu ḳurı gördi

He entered the orchard (and) saw the water had dried up.

NB digi-ms p. 45 • line 13

من الدخول الدخول انا استحي

girmek girmeden ben ḥicāb edærim

Regarding entry... entering..., I am shy.⁴⁸

48. The reading of both the Ar and Tu phrases is unambiguous, but the meaning is somewhat strange.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 1

دخل وما عاد طلع تري ايش قشع

girdi bir daḫi çıḳmadı ʿacabā nĕ gördi

He went in and didn’t come out again; what do you think did he see?

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 2

لو دخلنا نحن ايضاً ايش كان يصير

biz daḫi girsek nĕ olurdı

If we had entered too, what would have happened?

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 3

دخلوا في الطريق الله يعطيهم السلامه

yoldă girdiler ḥaḳḳ[-ı] teʿālà selāmet verĕ

They set off [lit., entered the road]; may God grant them safety.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 4

دخلوا الميخانه²⁵ وشربوا خمرًا

25. Original has اللميخانه , with erroneous {l} after the article.

meyḫāneyĕ girdiler şarāb içdiler

They entered the tavern and drank wine.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 5

في الخروج

ÇIḲMAḲ

Exiting, going out, leaving

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 6

اخرج من عندي الله يساعدك

yanımdan çıḳ⁴³ allāh seni yārdım eyle

43. Two dots added in red under earlier ج /c/, making it into چ /ç/.

Get out of here, please [lit., go out/away from my place, and may God help you]!

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 7

لا تطلع للبريه لان الپاشا برا

biyābānă çıḳmă zīrā pāşā ṭışară-dır

Don’t go out to the wild because the Pasha is outside.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 8

طلعت ذلك اليوم للصيد

ol gün avă çıḳdım

I went out hunting that day.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 9

طلع للسطوح وقش زهره

ṭama çıḳdı çiçeği düşürdi

He went up to the rooftop and picked some flowers.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 10

لا تطلع للسطوح ما فيه زهر

ṭama çıḳmă çiçek yoḳdır

Don’t go up to the rooftop; there are no flowers.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 11

طلعنا الي فوق ونزلنا لتحت

yuḳarıyă çıḳdıḳ aşaġă indik

We went up and then went down.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 12

طلعوا لبرا راوا برد رجعوا

ṭışarăyă çıḳdılar ṣavuḳ⁴⁴ gördiler döndiler

44. Spelt صَوُق .

They went outside, felt cold, [and] returned.

NB digi-ms p. 46 • line 13

طلعتم واخذتم دم ليتكم ما طلعتم

çıḳdıñız ḳan aldıñız keşkĕ çıḳmayăsıñız⁴⁵

45. Sic: چيقميه سكز !

You (pl.) went out and were injured [?; lit., took blood]; oh, hadn’t you only gone out!

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 1

تطلعوا تدوروا قلعة²⁶ حلب

26. Original reading rather قلعت than قلعة .

çıḳarsız Ḥaleb ḳalʿesi gezersiz

You (may) go out to tour the Citadel of Aleppo.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 2

طلعتَ هربت لغير بلد من الغلا

çıḳdıñ ḳıtlıġından bir ġayr vilāyetĕ ḳaçdıñ

You left, fleeing to another country because of the ᴬʳhigh prices / ᵀᵘdearth/famine.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 3

في الحرق

YAḲMAḲ

Burning

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 4

شعلتَ النار وغليت قهوه

ateşi yaḳdıñ ḳahve-h͗ (= ḳahve-yi)⁴⁶ ḳaynatdıñ

46. Spelt قهوۀ , with the hamzaʰ on ہ added in red by a later hand. – For the accusative written ۀ cf. above, note on NB digi-ms p. 38, line 7.

You lit the fire and brewed coffee.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 5

حرقت القنباز من القضيب

çipuḳdan ʿanteri yaḳdım

You burned the robe from the ???.⁴⁹

49. ᴬʳqunbāz (pl. qanābīz) ‘man’s full gown’ (Hava 1899), ᵀᵘʿanteri ‘bodice, long-sleeved jacket’ (Redhouse 1968). – ᴬʳقضيب qaḍīb ‘rod, stick’ (Hava 1899) corresponds to ᵀᵘچپوق (for more common چبوق) çibuḳ, a word that, like ᴬʳqaḍīb, also means ‘bar or rod of wood or metal’ (originally ‘young branch; shoot, twig’, then also more specifically ‘pipe-stem; tobacco-pipe’ and ‘upper mast in a ship’); all this doesn’t make much sense here, however; probably, the meaning of both ᴬʳqaḍīb and ᵀᵘçibuḳ comes close to what Redhouse 1890 gives as an additional value of the latter: ‘stripe or rib in any kind of tissue’.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 6

حرق حوايجه وما دري

rōbasini⁴⁷ yaḳdı ṭuymadı

47. ᵀᵘروبا rūbā ~ rōbā (also spelt روبه rūbă, rōbă) is a loanword from Italian roba, originally ‘robe; clothes, clothing’, but then also ‘belongings’ in general. Given the corresponding ᴬʳḥawāyiǧ ‘(orig.) necessary things’, we can assume that the Tu word, too, is used in the sense of colloquial Italian. – Cf. also below, note on the Tu part of NB digi-ms p. 55, line 1.

He burned his belongings without realizing.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 7

احترق قلبي من هذا الكلام

bu sözden yüreğim yandı

My heart burned from these words [i.e., prob., I felt pity, was moved].

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 8

يحرقني هذا بقلة معرفته

bunı [sic!] bilmezliklĕ beni yaḳdı

He [lit., this one] burns me with his lack of knowledge.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 9

حرق روحه من اجلي

benden ötüri canını yaḳdı

He sacrificed himself [lit., burnt his soul] for me.

NB digi-ms p. 47 • line 10

حرقوا بيدر الشعير

arpă ḫarmānı yaḳdılar

They burned the barley haystack.⁵⁰

50. ᴬʳbaydar ‘threshing floor’ (Hava 1899), ᵀᵘḫarmān (vulg. for ḫirmen) ‘heap of grain for threshing’ (Redhouse 1968), or ‘heap of threshed grain not yet separated from the chaff’ (Redhouse 1890).

NB digi-ms p. 47 • lines 11-12

حرقنا الشاش طالعنا منه عشر دراهم فضه

ṣarḳı yaḳdıḳ āndan on dirham gümüş çıḳardıḳ

We burned the fabric⁵¹ and got ten silver dirhams from it.

51. ᴬʳšāš ‘muslin’ (Hava 1899), ᵀᵘṣarıḳ ‘turban’ (Redhouse 1890 and 1968).

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 1

في الوقوف

DURMAḲ

Standing

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 2

وقفتُ كثير وجعونى رجلى

çoḳ ṭurdum ayaḳlarım aġırdı

I stood [there] for a long time, [so] my legs began to ache.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 3

وقفتَ تنتظر مثل اليتيم

öksiz gibi ṭurduñ gözedersin⁴⁸

48. Here prob. in the sense of ‘to take care of one’s self, do what is necessary for keeping out of harm’s way’ (Redhouse 1890).

You stood there ᴬʳwaiting / ᵀᵘtaking care of yourself like an orphan.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 4

وقف هل قدر ما صار له فايده

bu ḳadar ṭurdı kendüyĕ fāyidĕ olmadı

He stood there for so long, [but] it was of no benefit to him.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 5

وقفوا عطاشا ما احد سقاهم

ṭurdılar ṣu-sız bir kimsĕ kendülerĕ içdirmedi

They stood [there] thirsty, [and, but] no one gave them water to drink.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 6

في المسك

ṬUTMAḲ

Grasping, holding

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 7

مسكتُ ديله وما رخيته

eteğini ṭutdım ḳoyvermedim

I held onto his tail (and) didn’t let (him) go.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 8

مسكنى وبدي المطر يمطر

beni ṭutdı yaġmur yaġmaya başladı

[While] he held/kept hold of me, it started raining [lit., rain began to fall].

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 9

مسكته في حكايه ما كانت تخلص

bir sözdĕ kendi ṭutdım tükenmezdi

I caught him in a ᴬʳstory (ḥikāyaʰ) / ᵀᵘdiscussion (söz, lit., word) that seemed endless [lit., would not end].

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 10

مسكنا الشغله وهم وقفوا

işi ṭutdıḳ ānlar ṭurdılar

We carried on with the task [?, lit., we grasped/held the work/issue, ᴬʳšiġleʰ / ᵀᵘiş] [while] they stood still/stopped.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 11

في النظر

BAḲMAḲ

Looking ⁵²

52. There is another "chapter" on "Looking" above, starting NB digi-ms p. 42, line 1.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 12

نظرت الي موضعك ما رايتك

seniñ yerinĕ baḳdım seni görmedim

I looked at your place but didn’t see you.

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 13

نظر اليّ بطرف عينه من حيره

baña gözi ucıylă baḳdı kibriyālikdendir

He looked at me out of the corner of his eye, out of ᴬʳconfusion (ḥīraʰ) / ᵀᵘarrogance [?; kibriyālik].

NB digi-ms p. 48 • line 14

نظرت²⁷ اليه بنظر اعوج

27. Original has (certainly erroneous) ة (which also looks as though crossed out by a later hand).

eğri baḳmaḳlă kendinĕ baḳdım

I looked at him with a crooked gaze.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 1

في العمل

EYLEMEK

Working, doing

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 2

عملتَ حيط البيت كله

ev divārını hepsini eylediñ

You built the entire wall of the house.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 3

عملتُ بستان ما عزمت لفلان

bāġçĕ etdim fılānă daʿveẗ etmedim

I made a garden [but] didn't invite so-and-so.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 4

عمل عرس ابنه وما عزمني

oġlınıñ düğüni etdi beni daʿveẗ etmedi

He held [lit., made] his son's wedding [and, but] didn't invite me.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 5

عملنا معكم بحليبنا انتم ما وفيتم

sizüñ-lĕ südimiz ilĕ eyledik siz ödæmediñ[iz]

We acted truly [lit., with our milk] with you, [but] you didn't fulfill your part / didn't pay.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 6

في التربيه

BESLEMEK

Upbringing

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 7

ربّانى واحسن تربيتي

beni besledi beslemedümi ??? etdi

He raised me, and he raised me well [lit., made my upbringing good].

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 8

ربيتُه تربية الاكابر

ānı besledim akābir beslemeğidir

I raised him like nobility [lit., with the upbringing of nobility].

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 9

ربينا ترباي علي ما يجب

vācib üzerĕ beslemeği besledik

We brought [them, e.g., the children] up as we should.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 10

ربا تبريه رديه بقى بلا ادب

köti beslemek besledi edebsiz ḳaldı

He raised him poorly; he lacks [lit., remained] manners.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 11

ربوا غزال ومات يا حيف

bir ceyrān beslediler ḥayfdir öldü

They raised a gazelle and it died, what a pity!

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 12

رباني وتربيته ما ضاعت

beni besledi beslemeğini yetirmedi

He raised me, and his upbringing didn’t go to waste/wasn’t invain.

NB digi-ms p. 49 • line 13

ربيتم ولكنكم ما تندمتم

beslediñiz ama siz bişmānlamadıñız

You (pl.) raised [s.o.], but you didn’t regret [it].

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 1

يربي بالكلام المر والنهر

azarlamaḳ ham acı söylemeklĕ besler

He brings [s.o.] up with harsh words and reproach.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 2

في النوم

UYIMAḲ

Sleeping

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 3

نام من بكره للظهر ما فاق

ṣabāḥdan ölæyĕ dek uyudı uyanmadı

He slept from morning until noon and didn’t wake up.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 4

تنام هل قدر ليش الشغل متى يصير

bu ḳadar uyursın niçün iş ḳaçdă olur

Why do you sleep for so long; when will the work happen?

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 5

نمنا نومه كبيره ما عدنا ننام الليله

büyük uyḳu⁴⁹ uyudıḳ bu gecĕ uyumazaḳ [sic!]

49. Emended from erroneous يوقوا *yuḳuʾ .

We slept a lot; [so] we won’t be able to sleep tonight anymore.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 6

ناموا وراح العقل منهم وما دروا

uyudılar ve ānlardan uṣ⁵⁰ gitdi ṭınmadılar⁵¹

50. ᵀᵘاوص uṣ ‘right senses, right state of mind, discretion and resulting good behavior’ (Redhouse 1890). 51. ᵀᵘطنمامق ṭınmamaḳ (vb. in negative) ‘to take no notice, say nothing, do nothing; to remain passive and unconcerned; to feign not to see’ (Redhouse 1890).

They slept, and their minds wandered around without them realizing.

maṣādir [41]–[50]

.

Tying • Untying • Sweeping • Breaking • eating • Rubbing • Sewing • Tearing open • Loosening • Pulling

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 7

في الربط

BAĞLAMAḲ

Tying, binding

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 8

ربطت عيني بمنديل

çit⁵² ilĕ gözlerimi baġladım

52. ᵀᵘچيت çit, here obviously in Redhouse’s sense 3: ‘1 hurdle woven of pliant twigs, osiers, etc.; 2 fence or inclosure of hurdles, or of dry bushes and brambles, etc.; 3 chintz; 4 slight sound; a single word or whisper’ (Redhouse 1890).

I tied a handkerchief/chintz tissue around my eyes.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 9

ربّط يدي ورجلي ربطا قويًا

ellerimi ve ayaḳlarımı biñ baġlamaḳ baġlandırdı⁵³

53. Unclear writing; could also be baġlatdırdı.

He tied my hands and feet tightly [lit., a strong tying].

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 10

نحن ارتبطنا هنا ما جاوا

biz bundă baġlandıḳ gelmediler

We were bound [i.e., occupied, busy?] here, [so?] they didn’t come.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 11

ربطنا ما خلانا في شغلنا

bizi baġlandı işimizdĕ ḳomadı

Being tied up prevented us from doing [or: coming to?] our work.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 12

في الحل والفك

ÇÖZMEK

Untying and untangling

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 13

حليتَ روحك مني ورحت

cānıñ benden çözdiñ gitdiñ

You freed yourself from me and left.

NB digi-ms p. 50 • line 14

فكيتُ الحمل وطالعت الشقف

yüki çözdim parçăları çıḳardım

I untied the bundle and laid out the pieces.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 1

في الكنس

SÜPİRMEK

Sweeping

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 2

كنست الحوش والبيوت وحدي

ḥōşı ham evleri ben yalñız süpirdim

I swept the courtyard and the houses by myself.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 3

كنس نعم لكن ما كنس نضيف

bali süpirdi ama temiz süpirmedi

He swept, yes [i.e., that’s right]; but he didn’t sweep [it] clean.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 4

الكنس ما هو هين بده تعب

süpirmek ḳolay değil yorġınlıḳ ister

Sweeping isn’t easy; it requires effort.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 5

في القطع

KESMEK

Cutting

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 6

اقطع هذا الحبل المربوط من وسط

bu baġlanmış gendiri orṭăsından kes

Cut this tied rope in the middle.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 7

قطعتُ العنب من الداليه

üzimi aṣmădan kesdim

I cut the grapes from the vine.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 8

قطع يجي خمسون عنقود

elli ṣalḳım ḳadar kesdi

He cut about [lit., (what) comes to] fifty clusters.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 9

قطعنا لحم ضانى بالاسم وهو لحم ميت

adlă ḳoyun eti kesdik ol leşşĕ etdir

We cut up what they called lamb [lit., lamb by name], but it was rotten [lit., dead, carcass] meat.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 10

تقطع لخدامينك على العيد شي

ḫiẕmetkārlarüñă bayram üsti bir şey kesers[in]

You (should) cut something for your servants for the holiday (ᴬʳʿīd / ᵀᵘbayram).

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 11

في الضرب

URMAḲ

Hitting, beating

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 12

ضربت الطير بالحجر ما صابت

ḳuşı ṭaşlă urdım değmedi

I hit the bird with a stone, but it missed.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 13

ضربني كف طير اسناني

beni bir sillĕ vurdı dişlerimi uçdırdı

He slapped me, knocking my teeth.

NB digi-ms p. 51 • line 14

ضربته برجلى رميته للارض

ayaġımla kendini vurdum yerĕ bıraḳdım

I kicked him with my foot, throwing him to the ground.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 1

المسح

SİLMEK

Rubbing, wiping

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 2

امسح اياديك بمحرمة الركب

diz maḳramă ilĕ elleriñ sil

Wipe your hands with the knee cloth [?].⁵³

53. Both the Ar and the Tu phrases have ‘knee(s)’. But what is a ‘knee cloth’?

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 3

لا تمسح اياديك بمنشفة الوجه

yüz silecek maḳramă ilĕ elleriñ silmĕ

Don’t wipe your hands with the face towel.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 4

مسحتُ اياديي بالمحرم²⁸

28. Looks rather like المحزم , this neither makes much sense nor matches the Turkish destimal (< Persian dast-e māl). Therefore, I suspect it should be المحْرم (unless the dot on r or sukūn on ḥ is some dust particle).

ellerimi dastmāl ilĕ sildim

I wiped my hands with the napkin.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 5

مسحتَ اياديك بالمنديل

çit⁵⁴ ilĕ ellerüñ sildiñ

54. See note on NB digi-ms p. 50, line 8. Redhouse 1968 gives ‘head kerchief’ as a "prov[incial]" meaning.

You wiped your hands with the handkerchief.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 6

لا تمسح رجليك بمحرمة الزفر

zefir maḳramăsıylă ayaḳlarıñ silmĕ

Don’t wipe your feet with the greasy cloth.⁵⁴

54. ᵀᵘzefer ‘food cooked with flesh or with butter, denied to a patient on strict diet or forbidden in fast’ (Redhouse 1890), from ᴬʳzafar ‘fatty food’ (Hava 1899).

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 7

مسح وجهه بالليل ما احد شافه

yüzüni gecĕ ilĕ sildi kimsĕ görmedi

He wiped his face at night, and no one saw him.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 8

باب الخياطه

DİKMEK

Sewing

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 9

خيطت لي قبايه²⁹

29. Hava 1899 has ᴬʳqabāʾ (pl. ʾaqbiyaʰ) ‘man’s gown with full sleeves’, which matches ᵀᵘḳufṭān quite well. ᴬʳqab(b)āyaʰ is prob. a colloquial variant of written standard ᴬʳqabāʾ.

baña bir ḳuftān dikdim

I sewed a robe for myself.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 10

خيط له قنباز الاجه³⁰

30. I was unable to identify this ᴬʳالاجه ; however, given that the corresponding Tu phrase has the same word, and ᵀᵘalaca (آلاجه) does exist – ‘motley, speckled, variegated; piebald (horse)’ (Redhouse 1968) – I assume that the Ar word is borrowed from Tu here. – For ᴬʳqunbāz and ᵀᵘʿanterī, see above, note on NB digi-ms p. 47, line 5.

akābir ʿanterī alaca dikdi

He sewed a noble variegated [?] robe for him.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 11

لا تخيط بحرير قوي تخين

pek ḳalın ipekiylĕ dikmĕ

Don’t sew with thick, strong silk.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 12

خيطوا المخدات بحرير رفيع

incĕ ipekiylĕ yaṣdıḳları dikdiler

They sewed the pillows with fine silk.

NB digi-ms p. 52 • line 13

خيطنا راس الولد بالمخده

uşaġıñ başı yaṣdıḳla dikdik

We stitched the boy’s head with the pillow.[?]

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 1

باب الفتق

SÖKMEK

Tearing open, unraveling, undoing

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 2

افتق هل لباس خيطه مليح

bu ṭonı sök-dĕ bir iyücĕ dik

Undo this ᴬʳcloth (libās) / ᵀᵘunderwear (don); sew it properly!

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 3

فتق القابوق وشرطه

ḳavuḳı sökdi dĕ yaraṭdı

He undid the turban and [then] wrapped it [around himself again].

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 4

فتقت وجه الفروه رميته

kürkiñ yüzi sökdim bıraḳdım

I tore the surface of the fleece and threw it away.

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 5

فتقوا جراحه ووضعو ]sic![ له مرهم

yarăları sökdiler melhem⁵⁵ ḳodılar

55. ᵀᵘmelhem ‘ointment, salve’, var. merhem ‘dto.’: from ᴬʳmarham ‘dto.’.

They opened his wound and applied ointment.

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 6

باب الرخى

ṢALIVERMEK

Loosening, setting free, letting go

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 7

رخيت عليه حيه كبيره

bir büyük ılan üzerinĕ ṣalıverdi

I set free [lit., loosened] a big snake on him.

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 8

رخي الحبل من يده ما عرف

gendiri elinden ṣalıverdi bilmedi

He let go of [lit., loosened] the rope from his hand unknowingly [lit., he didn’t know] [i.e., without realizing it, the rope slipped from his grasp].

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 9

رخيتَ الخيط من يدك انحل

eliñden ipliği ṣalıverdiñ sökdi

The thread slipped from your hand [lit., you loosened the thread], [so] it unraveled.

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 10

باب السحب

ÇEKMEK

Pulling, drawing out

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 11

اسحب هل فرده وفرغها

bu ṭayı çek-dĕ boşet

Pull this piece and empty it.

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 12

لا تسحب هل شغل تخين

bu işi ḳalın çekmĕ

Don’t pull! This is something thick [lit., a thick job/issue].

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 13

سحبنا مشقه عَظيمه

ʿaẓīm emeği çekdik

We suffered [lit., pulled (through)] great hardship.

NB digi-ms p. 53 • line 14

اسحبوا هل دلو من الجب

bu ḳuġa ḳuyudan çekiñiz

Pull (pl.) this bucket out of the well.

maṣādir [51]–[60]

.

Arriving • Reaching • Undressing • Dressing • Tailoring • Covering • Leaning • Pressing • Finding • Enduring

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 1

في الوصول

ERİŞMEK

Arriving

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 2

وصلنا الي بر السلامه بالخير

ḫayr ilĕ selāmat ḳarayă erişdik

We reached the safe shore – everything o.k.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 3

وصل لعندى بعد المغرب

yanıma aḳşamdan ṣoñră erişdi

He arrived at my place after sunset.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 4

وصلوا وقشوا القطن

erişdiler-dĕ pempeyi düşürdiler

They arrived and picked the cotton.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 5

في الالتحاق

YETİŞMEK

Joining, reaching, catching up

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 6

لحقونا للبستان وما دخلوا

bizĕ yetişdiler bāġçeye girmediler

They followed us to [or: caught up with us at?] the orchard but [lit., and] didn’t enter.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 7

ما لحقناهم قبلما يدخلوا

girmedilerden evvel ^\ānları/ yetişmedik

We didn’t catch up to them before they entered.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 8

الحقونا قبلما نصل

erişmemizden evvel bizi yetişiñ

They joined us [or: caught up with us] before we arrived.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 9

في الشلح

ṢOYMAḲ

Undressing, taking off

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 10

شلحتُ ثيابي من ضهري

esbāblarımı arḳamdan ṣoydım

I took my clothes off my back.

NB digi-ms p. 54 • line 11

شلح شاشه من راسه

ṣarıġını başından ṣoydı

He removed the head covering from his head.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 1

شلحوا اثيابهم حتي يستريحوا

ūrūbāların[ı]⁵⁶ ṣoydılar tā rāḥat edĕler

56. ūrūbā: var. of rūbā ‘clothes’, according to Redhouse1899 from French robe, but prob. rather from Italian roba. – Cf. also above, note on the Tu part of NB digi-ms p. 47, line 6, and below, lines 6 and 8 of the current ms. page.

They took off their clothes (in order) to rest.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 2

في اللبس

GİYMEK

Getting dressed, wearing

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 3

لبست الچوخه بالمقلوب

binişi yaḫud çūḫayı ters ilĕ giydim

I wore the ᴬʳ^/ᵀᵘčūḫa⁵⁵ / ᵀᵘor biniş inside out.

55. çūḫa, var. çūḳa ‘broadcloth’: according to Redhouse1890/1968 borrowed from Persian.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 4

لبس القنباز موضع القميص

yeleği gömlek yerinĕ giydi

He wore [or: put on] the robe [ᴬʳqunbāz / ᵀᵘyelek] instead of the shirt.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 5

البسوا حوايجكم الجديده

yeñi esbāblarıñ giyiñiz

Wear (pl.) your new things (clothes) [ᴬʳḥawāyiǧ / ᵀᵘesbāb]!

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 6

لبسنا ثيابنا فما عجبونا

ūrūbāmız⁵⁷ giydik beğenmedik

57. See above, line 1, and below, line 8.

We wore/put on our clothes, but we didn't like them.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 7

في التفصيل والحصد³¹

31. Unclear; could also be الحصر . Irrespective of the reading, the meaning remains obscure; it seems to be a kind of ‘re-assembling’ (after cutting/tailoring)…

BİÇMEK

Tailoring

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 8

فصلتم لكم علي العيد حوايج

bayram üsti ūrūbālar⁵⁸ sizĕ biçdiñiz

58. See above, lines 1 and 6.

You (pl.) tailored clothes for yourselves for the holiday [ᴬʳʿīd / ᵀᵘbayram].

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 9

فصلتُ لي حلاليه شامي

baña şām ḥelālīsi biçdim

I tailored a Syrian-style ᴬʳḥalāliyye / ᵀᵘḥelālī ⁵⁶ for myself.

56. For ᵀᵘḥelālī Redhouse 1968 gives the meaning ‘(text[ile]) a cloth of silk warp and cotton, flaxen, or woolen woof (canonically lawful to be worn); shirt made of such material’.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 10

ما فصلنا شي حوايجنا لسه ملاح

bir şeyi biçmedik esbāblarımız ???⁵⁹ iyüdir

59. Looks like ضها ; but this would make no sense.

We havent tailored anything; our clothes are still fine.

NB digi-ms p. 55 • line 11

هم فصلوا طاقات هنديه

ānlar hindistān parçăları biçdiler

They tailored Indian-style pieces.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 1

في اللف

ṢARMAḲ

Covering

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 2

لف شاشك قوى مليح

ṣarıġıñ pek iyücĕ ṣar

Wrap your headcloth nicely tightly.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 3

لفيت شاشي وخربته

ṣarıḳım [sic!] ṣardım dă buzdım

I put on [lit., wrapped] my headcloth and ruined it.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 4

لف شاشه احسن منك

ṣarıḳı [sic!] senden iyü ṣardı

He wrapped his headcloth better than you.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 5

لفينا القماش وحطيناه فى الكيس

ḳumāşı ṣardıḳ-dă kisĕdĕ ḳodıḳ

We wrapped the fabric and put it in the bag.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 6

لا تلفوا القماش طالعوه من الكيس

ḳumāşı ṣarmañız kisĕden çıḳarıñız

Don’t (pl.) wrap the fabric; take it out of the bag!

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 7

في الاتكا

ṬAYANMAḲ

Leaning

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 8

اتكى راسك على المخده ونام

başıñ yaṣdıḳ üstünĕ [∅⁶⁰ ] uyu

60. The Turkish word corresponding to the Arabic ittaki ‘lean!’ is missing, probably by mistake. One would expect ṭayan!

Rest your head on the pillow and sleep!

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 9

اتكينا على الدرابزون³² انكسر

32. ᴬʳdarābazīn or darābazūn ‘wooden or iron rail, fence; balustrade’ (Hava 1899), ‘railing, parapet, banisters, balustrade’ (Wehr 1976). Rolland 2014 also gives darbazīn and ṭarābizūn, explaining the etymology as "du persan dār-bazīn ‘écran, paravent devant une porte, appui’ [note: La composition du mot n’est pas claire. On note l’existence du mot bazindār ‘fenêtre, balcon’, où les composants semblent inversés.] Le dialecte égyptien darabzīn est proche de l’original mais le tunisien darbūz a donné un autre singulier à ce mot qui sonnait comme un pluriel. Le turc dit tırabzan."

çāḳıñ⁶¹ üstünĕ ṭayandıḳ ḳırıldı

61. Should probably be ᵀᵘ جاغ cāġ ‘spoke of a wheel; banister’ (Redhouse1890), marked as dialectal in Redhouse 1968 and Steuerwald 1972 who also gives ‘Treppengeländer; Radspeiche (spez. am Wagen); großer Sack; Abfluß (z.B. im Spülstein)’. Nişanyan gives Armenian caġ ‘metal spit, stylus’ as the etymon. The form çaḳ, with unvoiced initial ç (instead of c) and non-fricative ḳ (instead of ġ/ğ) is found in Ottoman and modern Turkish dictionaries mostly as reduplicated çak-çak ‘noice produced by clash of metals’; cf. also the vb. çakmak ‘to drive in with blows (nails), nail on, tether to a pin; to strike (fire, blow), snap (teeth; salute), fire (gun)’, etc.

We leaned on the railing⁵⁷ and it broke.

57. Cf. below, notes on ᴬʳdarābazūn and ᵀᵘçāḳ.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 10

توسدوا علي المخده وناموا

yaṣdıḳ üzerinĕ yaṣdındılar uyudılar

They rested on the pillow and slept.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 11

تلحفوا باللحاف وناموا

yorġın-lă yorġındılar dă uyudılar

They covered themselves with the blanket and slept.

NB digi-ms p. 56 • line 12

في الدوس

BAṢMAḲ

Pressing, stepping on s.th.

NB: Probably due to a mistake in binding, the sample phrases belonging to this heading do not follow immediately on the next page of the ms., but only a page later. In this edition, the order of the pages has been reversed so as to insure logical flow.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 1

دسنا العنب في المعصرة

ṣıḳmaḳıñ ḳabdă üzümi baṣdıḳ

We pressed the grapes in the press.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 2

داس الحصان رجلي شِشدي³³

33. Tu verb in the Ar phrase!

ayaḳımı ayḳır baṣdı waramat⁶²

62. Ar verb in the Tu phrase!

The horse stepped on my leg, [so] it swelled.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 3

دست على ديلي فانشق

eteğim⁶³ üzerinĕ baṣdım yırṭdı

63. Written اَتَكم .

I stepped on my tail and it split.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 4

داسوا علي الحمل وركبوا

yük üstünĕ baṣdılar dă bindiler

They pressed on the load and [then] mounted [their horses?].

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 5

دستم علي المصطبه حتي رايتم

dikkĕ⁶⁴ üzerinĕ baṣdıñız tā gördiñiz

64. Borrowed from Arabic? – The word is rather clearly written دكه . No Turkish word that could be written this way and would correspond to the Arabic maṣṭabaʰ comes to my mind.

You (pl.) stepped on the platform until/so that you [were able to] see.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 6

في الوجدان

BULMAḲ

Finding

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 7

وجدته داير بلا شغل

buldım ^\ānı/ işsiz geziyor

I found him roaming around without work.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 8

وجدتُ عدوي بعينه

düşmānım ʿayniy-lĕ buldım

I found my enemy himself.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 9

وجدتَ الدراهم التى ضيعتها

yitirdiğiñ āḳçĕyi buldıñ

You (sg.) found the money you lost.

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 10

ضاع الدي ضاع اين عاد ينوجد

yitirdiğiñ yitirdi artıḳ nerdĕ bulunur

What’s lost is lost; where will it be found again?

NB digi-ms p. 58 • line 11

وجدوا الذى ضيعوه امس

dün yitirdiklerin buldılar

They found what they lost yesterday.

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 1

في التأني

ḲATLANMAḲ

Bearing, enduring

NB: Probably due to a mistake in binding, the current page preceded the preceding one instead of following it. In this edition, the order of the pages has been reversed so as to insure logical flow.

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 2

تأنيتُ عليك فالى متى اتأَنا

seniñ üzerinĕ ḳatlandım ḳaçınă dek ḳatlanırım

I have been patient with you, so until when should I continue [lit., be patient]?

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 3

تأنَّى عليّ كم يوم اخره

üzerimĕ birḳaç gün ḳatlan

Be (sg.) patient with me for a few more days.

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 4

تأنّوا طلعت ارواحكم

ḳatlăñız canlarıñız çıḳdı

Be patient! Your spirits almost left you.

maṣādir [61]–[70]

.

Flying • Counting • Cursing • Scolding, rebuking • Chewing • Dividing • Removing, plucking • Opening • Plucking, snatching • Blowing

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 5

في الطيران

UÇMAḲ

Flying

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 6

طاروا الطيور وراحوا

ḳuşları uçdılar dă gitdiler

The birds flew away [lit., flew and went].

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 7

طير فيسع مثل الطير وتعال

ḳuş gibi uç dă tez gel

Fly quickly [lit., (just) now] like a bird and come [back immediately].

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 8

طرت طيران حتي لحقته

uçmaḳ uçdım tā ānı ulaşdım

I hurried up [lit., flew a flying] until I caught up [or: in order to catch up] with him.

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 9

في العدد

ṢAYMAḲ

Counting

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 10

عديتُ الدراهم طلعت ناقصه

āḳçe-h͗/āḳçe-yi ṣaydım eksik çıḳdı

I counted the money; it turned out to too little [lit., missing, defective].

NB digi-ms p. 57 • line 11

عديتهَا قدام الصراف الذي اعطاكها

saña verdüğiñ ṣarrāf öñündĕ ṣaydıñ

You (sg.) counted it in front of the cashier who had given it to you.

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 1

في السب والشتم

SÖĞMEK

Cursing

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 2

سبيته وما استحا فضربته

ānı söğdim dĕ uṭanmadı vurdum

I cursed him and [= but?] he didn’t feel ashamed, (so) I hit/beat him.

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 3

شتمني هل قدر وما رديت عليه

beni söğdi bu ḳadar üzerinĕ redd etmedim

He cursed at me this much, but I didn’t react [lit., respond to him].

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 4

سبوا وما قصروا في حقه

söğdiler ḥaḳḳındă taḳṣīr etmediler

They insulted him and didn’t hold back [or: without offending him?].

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 5

في الانتهار

AZARLAMAḲ

Solding, reprimanding, rebuking

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 6

انتهرت الاولاد من اجلك

uşaḳları senüñ-içün azarladım

I scolded the children for your sake.

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 7

زف ابنه من اجل ردواة³⁴ عمله

34. ردواة : should probably be رداوة.

oġlanı kam ʿamalından içün azarladı

He reproached [?]⁵⁸ his son because of his bad work/deed.

58. The translation ‘reproached’ builds on the Tu phrase, while the Ar counterpart, though clearly readable, remains unclear as I was unable not identify a verb spelt زف and meaning ‘to reproach’.

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 8

في المضغ

ÇEYNEMEK

Chewing

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 9

مضغتُ الخبز اليابس وبلعته

ḳurı ætmek⁶⁵ çeynedim yuṭdım

65. اَتمك : variant of اكمك ekmek.

I chewed the dry bread and swallowed it.

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 10

مضغتَ اليوم علكه حلوه

bugün bir ṭatlı ṣaḳız çeynediñ

You chewed sweet gum today.

NB digi-ms p. 59 • line 11

تمضغ وفيسع فيسع³⁵ تبلع

35. See above, note on [img 154311] • facs. p. [22], line 3.

çeynersin tez-tez yuṭarsın

You (should) chew and swallow immediately [lit., quickly quickly].

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 1

في القسمة

BÖLMEK

Dividing, sharing

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 2

قسموا المال كله علي السوية

malı hep ṭoġrı üzerinĕ böldiler

They divided all the money equally.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 3

انقسم كل المال وهو اخذ الثلثين

hep malı bölinmiş-dĕ kendüsi iki s̱üls̱i aldı

All the money was divided, and he took two thirds

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 4

تقاسموا الرغيف كل من اخذ شقفه

ṣumunı bölinmişler her kimiñ bir parçă almış

They shared the loaf, each taking a piece.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 5

في القلع

ḲOPARMAḲ

Removing, plucking, pulling

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 6

قلعنا البسمار من الحيط

dīvārdan mīḫ ḳopardıḳ

We removed the nail from the wall.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 7

قدرتم قلعتموه لاننا عجزنا عن قلعه

ḳoparmaġă edĕbildiñiz zīrā bizi [sic!] ḳoparmaḳdan ʿāciz olduḳ

You managed to remove it because we couldn’t.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 8

قلع الحشيش من البستان

oṭı bāġçĕden ḳopardı

He pulled the weeds from the orchard.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 9

قلعوا الخازوق من الأرض

ḳazüġı yerden ḳopardılar

They pulled the stake/peg from the ground.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 10

قلعتَ اوتاد الخيمه ولفيتَها

çadırüñ ḳazüḳları ḳopardıñ ṣardıñ

You (sg.) pulled out the tent pegs and folded/wrapped them.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 11

في الفتح

AÇMAḲ

Opening

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 12

افتح لى الباب حتى ادخل

baña ḳapu aç giræyim

Open the door for me so I can enter.

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 13

فتحنا له القماش طلع فيه ما عجبه

oña ḳumāşı açdıḳ baḳdı beğenmedi

We opened the fabric for him, he had a look (at it), [but] didn’t like (it).

NB digi-ms p. 60 • line 14

افتحوا له الكرمسوت لما ننظر

oña karmasud açıver baḳalüm

Open the karmasūt⁵⁹ for him so we can see.

59. karmasūt : Hava 1899 has ‘moire, kind of watered silk’. So also Dozy 1927, who thinks it is a borrowing from Persian; but Steingass 1892, who mentions گرم سوت as ‘a kind of silk stuff’, is not sure about the word’s etymology and, hence, also about how to read it.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 1

باب الخطف

ḲAPMAḲ

Plucking, snatching

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 2

خطفت الخبز من يده واكلته

etmeği elinden ḳapdım-dă yedim

I snatched the bread from his hand and ate it.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 3

قطفت الورده من البستان

güli bāġçĕden derdim

I picked the flower from the orchard.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 4

خطفوا اللقمه من فمي غاظوني

loḳmah͗ (= loḳma-yı) ağzımdan ḳapdılar beni incindiler ⁶⁶

66. Sic! – In standard Turkish, the verb incinmek is intransitive, meaning ‘to be hurt, be injured; to be offended’ (Redhouse 1968).

They snatched the morsel from my mouth and made me angry [lit., annoyed me].

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 5

في النفخ

ÜFLEMEK

Blowing

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 6

نفختَ النار بالمنفاح قادت³⁶

36. منفاح : should be منفاخ (final ḫ, not ḥ). – قادت : q͗ād (√QYD) ‘to catch fire, burn’ is a colloquial variant of standard وقد waqada ‘id.’.

körük-lĕ ateşi üflediñ yaḳdı

You fanned the fire with the bellows and it ignited.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 7

نفختُ التفايه³⁷ بفمى ضاق نفسي

37. Given the context of ‘blowing’ and the ᵀᵘocaḳ ‘furnace, hearth, kiln, fireplace’, the ᴬʳتفايه is probably a misspelling or a local variant of the more common دفاية daffāyaᵗ ‘heater, any device (such as a brazier, fireplace etc.) the purpose of which is the provision of heat’ (HindsBadawi 1986, for Egyptian Arabic).’

ocaġı aġzım-iylĕ üfledim nefesim ṭarıldı

I blew into the ᴬʳoven [?] / ᵀᵘstove with my mouth, [so] I felt short of breath.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 8

نفخوا زايد لذلك داخ راسهم

ziyādă üflediler başları bayıldı

They blew too much, therefore they [lit.,their heads] got dizzy.

maṣādir [71]–[80]

.

Smelling • Tasting • Laying out, spreading • Filling • Pouring out, spilling • Emptying, divorcing • Twisting, folding • Lining up, arranging • Lifting • Being cautious

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 9

في الشم

ḲOḲLAMAḲ

Smelling

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 10

شميتُ رايحة العرق من راس الحاره

raḳıñ ḳoḳusı soḳāḳ başından ḳoḳladım

I smelled the scent of arak from the beginning of the quarter.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 11

شميتَ انتَ رايحة الجبنه

beynir ḳoḳusı sen ḳoḳladıñ

You (sg.) smelled the scent of cheese.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 12

شم ذاك ريحه نجسه

ol murdār ḳoḳusı ḳoḳladı

He [lit., that one] smelled a foul odour.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 13

شموا رايحه العنبر من القهوه

ḳahvĕ-ḫānĕ-den ʿanbar ḳoḳusı ḳoḳladılar

They smelled the fragrance of amber from the coffeehouse.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 14

شمينا رايحة العود طالعه

ʿūd/öd ağçınıñ ḳoḳusı çıḳıyor ḳoḳladıḳ

We smelled the fragrance of aloe wood rising.

NB digi-ms p. 61 • line 15

شممتم رايحة البهار وهو يفوق

bahārıñ ḳoḳusı dö k ecek ḳoḳladıñız

You (pl.) smelled the aroma of the spice as it rose.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 1

في الدواق

ṬATMAḲ

Tasting

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 2

دقت الطعام بالمعلقه

ṭaʿāmı ḳaşıḳ ilĕ ṭatdım

I tasted the food with a spoon.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 3

داق التين راه لسا ما استوي

inciri ṭatdı gördi ḍaha bişmedi

He tasted the fig [and] saw it wasn’t ripe yet.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 4

داقوا الطبيخ لتوه مالح

āşı ṭatdılar gördiler ṭuzlıdır

They tasted the stew [and] TU found [lit., saw] it was AR still salty.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 5

دقنا الماء من الشربه

ṣuyı bardaḳdan ṭatdılar

We / ᵀᵘThey sipped the water from the jug. ⁶⁰

60. According to Hava 1899, ᴬʳšarbaʰ is a ‘water-jug (with a long narrow neck)’; similarly also Dozy ²1927: ‘pot de terre, de forme ronde, avec goulot, étroit et allongé’ (round earthenware pot with a narrow, elongated neck). – ᵀᵘbardaḳ is usually a ‘cup, mug, goblet, glass’, but may also mean ‘jug, pitcher’ in some dialects (Redhouse 1968).

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 6

في الفرش

DÖŞETMEK

Laying out, spreading, furnishing, equipping

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 7

فرش البيوت كلها وحده

evleri hep yalñız d ö şetdi

He furnished/paved all the houses/flats alone.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 8

فرش الفرشه وحط راسه ونام

yaṭaġı döşetdi başı ḳodı uyudı

He spread out the mattress, laid his head [on it], (and) fell asleep.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 9

فرشوا البستان من بكرا

bāġçeh͗ (= bāġçe-yi) ṣabāḥdan döşetdiler

They paved [?] the orchard early [lit., in the morning].

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 10

في الملو

ṬOLDIRMAḲ

Filling

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 11

مليت الجره من النهر وجيت

desti çaydan ṭoldırdım geldim

I filled the jug from the ᴬʳriver / ᵀᵘrivulet and returned [lit., came].

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 12

ملى الشربه من القسطل

bardaġı ḥavṣdan ṭoldırdı

He filled the jug from the pond. ⁶¹

61. According to Dozy ²1927, ᴬʳqasṭal (borrowed via Aramaic from Latin castellum ‘château d’eau’) is a ‘fontaine, édifice pour fournir de l’eau’. Hava 1899 also gives ‘discharge-pipe’, but given the corresponding ᵀᵘḥavṣ (for more common حوض ḥavuż, ḥavż < Ar ḥawḍ ‘artificial basin; pond’), we rather go for ‘pond’ as the most plausible translation here.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 13

ملوا القزازه نبيذ

şişeh͗ (= şişe-yi) şarāb ṭoldırdılar

They filled the bottle with wine.

NB digi-ms p. 62 • line 14

ملينا ديلنا من الذهب

eteğimiz alṭundan ṭoldırdıḳ

We filled the skirts (of our dresses)⁶² with gold.

62. ᴬʳdēl (standard ḏayl) is usually a ‘tail’, but may, like ᵀᵘetek, also mean ‘skirt (of a dress)’.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 1

في الصب

DÖKMEK

Pouring out, spilling

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 2

صبيت على راسى ما بارد

ṣavuḳ ṣu başım üstinĕ dökdim

I poured cold water over my head.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 3

صب ماء الابريق على يدى

ellerim üzerinĕ ibriġiñ ṣuyı dökdi

He poured the water from the pitcher onto my hand.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 4

صبينا الطعام فى الصحون

ṭaʿāmı ṣaḥnlardă dökdik

We poured the food onto the plates.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 5

صَبُوا الزيت فى الجب وختموه

zeyt yaġı ḳıyudă dökdiler dĕ mühürlediler

They poured oil into the well [sic!] and sealed it.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 6

في التفريغ والطلاق

BOŞATMAḲ

Emptying and releasing/divorcing

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 7

فرغ العسل في الجره

balı b˅stuḳădă boşat⁶⁷

67. This word seems to be a loan from Iraqi Arabic: "The term bust ūqa ʰ refers to a type of pottery or earthenware vessel with a glazed upper part and an unglazed lower part. In Iraqi Arabic, it is called b˅stūka ʰ, while in the Levantine region, it is commonly known as ḫābiya ʰ [see next line]. This type of vessel is still used in some Iraqi homes for storing food and provisions. These vessels are traditionally valued for their ability to preserve the freshness and quality of stored items through their distinct material properties" – https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/بستوكة (as of 27 March 2025).

He emptied the honey into the jar.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 8

فرغت الزيت فى الخابيه³⁸

38. For ḫābiyaʰ, cf. note on ᵀᵘb˅stuḳă in preceding line.

zeytün yaġı ḳuyıdă dökdim

I emptied the oil into the large jar.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 9

طلق الرجل امراته

adamı ḳarısını ya ʿavratı boşatdı

The man divorced his wife.⁶³

63. The Tu part has a doubling for ‘wife’, giving both the genuinely Tu ḳ ar ı and the Ar loanword ʿavrat, from Ar ʿawraʰ, lit., ‘pudenda’, then also ‘woman; wife’.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 10

فرغوا السمنه فى الدست

yaġı ḳazandă dökdiler

They emptied the butter into the large bowl/cooking pot.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 11

في الفتل والطي

BÜKMEK

Spinning, twisting, binding, folding

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 12

طويت انا المكتوب

ben mektūbı bükdim

I folded the letter.

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 13

الفتال فتل الحرير ام لا

bükci ipeği bükdi yoḳ-iysă değil

Did the thread-maker twist the silk or not?

NB digi-ms p. 63 • line 14

اطوى حوايجي وضعهم في الكرسي

ūrūbālarım bük iskemlĕ-dĕ ḳo

Fold my clothes and put them on the chair!

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 1

في الصف

DÜZETMEK

Lining up, arranging

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 2

صُف الصحون على الصفره مليح

ṣaḥnları ṣofră üstinĕ iyü düzet

Arrange the plates properly on the table!

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 3

صَف الخبز تحت الصفره واحدٌ لواحدٍ

etmeği ṣofră altındă her birisi birisinĕ düzetdi

Arrange the bread under the table one by one! [sic!]

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 4

صُفوا الاواعي على الرف سوي

ṣaḥnları yā ḳābları raff üzerinĕ beraber düzediñ

Arrange (pl.) the ᴬʳdishes / ᵀᵘplates and cups evenly on the shelf!

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 5

صُفوا كل شي في موضعه مليح

her nesneh͗ (= nesne-yi) yerlü yerindĕ iyüce düzetdiler

They arranged everything properly in its place.

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 6

في الرفع

ḲALDIRMAḲ

Lifting

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 7

رفعتُ يدي من هذه الشغله

bu işden elimi ḳaldırdım

I withdrew my hand from this affair [lit., job].

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 8

رفع الفرده هو وحده على ظهره

kendüsi yalñız arḳăsı üzerindĕ ṭāyi ḳaldırdı

He lifted the bundle [of fabric?] alone on his back.

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 9

رفعوا هل بدعه عن الخلق

bu bidʿati ḫalḳdan ḳaldırdılar

They abolished this heresy [lit., lifted this innovation] from the people.

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 10

في الاحتراس

ṢAḲINMAḲ

Being cautious, careful

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 11

احترِس لا يصير لك شي

ṣaḳın ol saña bir nesnĕ olmıyă

Be (sg.) careful so nothing happens to you!

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 12

احترَس منه كثير لانه قوي صعب

kendiden çoḳ ṣaḳındı zīrā pek gücdir

He was very careful of himself, as he is very tough/strong.

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 13

احترسوا لا يرميكم الحصان

ṣaḳın olıñız sizi aṭ düşermeyĕ

Be (pl.) careful so the horse doesn’t throw you.

maṣādir [81]–[90]

.

Passing by • Airing • Getting angry • Opining, viewing • Kneading • Chopping • Giving birth / be born • Sweating • Forgetting • Feeling shy

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 14

في المرور

GEÇMEK

Passing by

NB digi-ms p. 64 • line 15

مرَّيت عليكم وانتم ما رايتموني

üzeriñiz geçdim dĕ siz beni görmediñiz

I passed by you, and [but] you didn’t see me.

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 1

كيف فُتّ علينا ونحن ما رايناك

nicĕ üstimizĕ geçdiñ biz seni görmedik

How did you (sg.) pass us and we didn’t see you?

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 2

مر علينا مثل النسيم الرايق

ṣaf yel gibi üzerimizĕ geçdi

He passed by us like a calm/soft breeze.

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 3

مرّينا وما سلمنا عليكم

geçdik dĕ üzeriñiz selāmlamadik

We passed by and didn’t greet you (pl.).

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 4

في النشر

SERMEK

Spreading, airing

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 5

نشرت القنباز ما نشف

ʿantari serdim ḳurumadı

I spread/aired the ᴬʳqunbāz / ᵀᵘʿantari,⁶⁴ but it didn’t dry.

64. For the two terms, see above, [img 154516] • facs. p. [40], line 5.

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 6

نشروا صال الدف كله

ṣāl taḫtăsı hep serdiler

They aired/spread/laid out the entire ??? of the ??? ⁶⁵

65. Unclear semantics. According to Hava 1899, ᴬʳdaff is either ‘side, flank; leaf of a door’ or ‘tambourine’, while ṣāl is not to be found as an Ar term. For ᵀᵘṣāl, Redhouse 1968 has ‘raft; stretcher; inner, middle, flattish part of each arm of an archery bow’, and taḫtă is ‘board, plank; wood, wooden; anything made of boards with flat surface’.

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 7

كنت تنشره فى الشمس لانه مقطَّن

güneşdĕ serirdiñ zīrā penpĕlidir

You were about to air it in the sun because it’s cotton.

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 8

انشر الحصر برا لا يعفنوا

ḥaṣīrleri ṭışardă ser koḳlanmıyălar

Spread (sg.) the mats outside so they don’t ᴬʳrot / ᵀᵘsmell!

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 9

في الزعل

UṢANMAḲ

Getting angry, upset

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 10

زعلت من القعود وحدي

yalñız oturmaḳdan uṣandım

I got angry/annoyed from sitting alone.

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 11

زعل وهو رايح جايه

uṣandı kendi gider gelir

He was upset while pacing back and forth (lit., going coming).

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 12

زعلَت روحي من الكتابه

yazmaḳdan cānım uṣandı

I was tired of writing (lit., My spirit/soul got angry from the writing).

NB digi-ms p. 65 • line 13

زعلوا لكنهم استحوا

uṣandılar ama ānlar uṭandılar

They got upset/angry, but were [too] ashamed [to say something].

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 1

في الظن

ṢANMAḲ

Opining, viewing

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 2

ظنيت انك بعت الحرير

ṣandım ki sen ipeği ṣatdıñ

I thought you (sg.) (had) sold the silk.

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 3

ظنَّينَا انكم كببتوا الحرير

ṣandıḳ-ki siz ipeği ṣardıñız

We thought you (pl.) had wrapped the silk.

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 4

ما ظنوا انكم للان ما اشتغلتم

ṣanmadılar kĕ siz bu āna dek işlemediñiz

They didn’t think that you still [lit., until now] haven’t worked.

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 5

في العجن

YOĠURMAḲ

Kneading

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 6

اعجنوا اليوم ما في عندنا خبز

bugün yoġuruñ bizdĕ etmek yoḳdır

Knead (pl.) today! We don’t have bread.

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 7

عجنت بالليل ليختمر الضهر

gecĕ ilĕ yoġurdım ki öleyĕ mayălanür

I kneaded at night so it could rise [lit., ferment] by noon.

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 8

انكنت³⁹ تعجن اعجنه شويه شوي

39. Sic (written together as one word).

eğer yoġurur iseñ biraz pek yoġur

If you (sg.) are going to knead, do it slowly!

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 9

في الفرم

ṬOĠRAMAḲ

Chopping, mincing

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 10

افرم لنا هل تتن وسطاني

bu tütüni bizĕ ṭoġră nā iri nā ufaḳ

Chop (sg.) this tobacco for us medium!

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 11

فرمته قوي مليح علي غرضك

ānı ġarażıñ üzerĕ pek iyü ṭoġradım

I chopped it very nicely for your purpose [i.e., as you had wished].

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 12

ما تفرم الا علي ارادتك

ṭoġramazsın vrnĕ irādetiñ üzerĕ

You shouldn’t chop except as you desire.

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 13

في الولاده

ṬOĞIRMAḲ

Giving birth, be born

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 14

ولد اليوم ليوسف صبي

bugün Yūsufă erkek ṭoġurdı

Today, Joseph had a baby boy [lit., ᴬʳa boy was born for J. / ᵀᵘshe gave birth to…].

NB digi-ms p. 66 • line 15

متى ولدت بعد نصف الليل

ḳaçın ṭoġ ı rdı gecĕ yarısından-ṣoñră

When did she give birth? After midnight. [or: When after midnight did she give birth?]

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 1

في العرق

TERLEMEK

Sweating

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 2

عرقت الليله في نومي

bu gecĕ uyuḳumdă⁶⁸ terledim

68. Sic: اويوقومده !

I sweated tonight in my sleep.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 3

عرقوا من تقل اللحافين

iki yorġınlardan terlediler

They sweated from the heaviness of the (XXtwo) blankets.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 4

عرقنا حتي غرقت قمصاننا

terledik tā gömleğimizi baṭdılar

We sweated until our shirts were soaked.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 5

في النسيان

UNITMAḲ

Forgetting

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 6

نسيوا المكاتيب ما ارسلوهم

mektūbları unutdılar göndermediler

They forgot the letters/messages [and] didn't send them.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 7

تسي⁴⁰ يكتب الديباجه

40. Sic, with erroneous t-. Should be *نسي nisi (or standard nasiya).

dībācah͗ (= dībāca-yi) yazmaġă unutdı

He forgot to write the preface/preamble.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 8

نسينا نكتب عن اسعار القهوه

ḳahvĕ bahāsından yazmaġă unutdıḳ

We forgot to write about coffee prices. ⁶⁶

66. "Grehan [2007] suggests that the rapid adoption of tobacco and coffee was encouraged by their competitive, relatively low costs. Easy availability of coffee and tobacco illustrates the degree to which Damascus was embedded in regional and international trade networks that (via intermediaries) extended as far afield as the West Indies. Public consumption of coffee and tobacco—in ubiquitous coffeehouses for men and orchard or garden smoking parties for women—marked a departure in public recreation and sociability in the Ottoman period" – James A. Reilly, review of Grehan 2007, The Business History Review, 82/2 (2008), 436-438, 436.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 9

في الحيا

UTANMAḲ

Feeling shy, ashamed, embarrassed

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 10

نحن استحينا حين رحنا

gitdiğimiz zamān biz uṭandıḳ

We felt shy when we left [lit., went].

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 11

استحوا هم من ان يروحوا

ānlar uṭandılar ki giderlerden [sic!]

They were too shy to go.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 12

ما استحي مني ولا من كلامه معي

benden uṭanmadı va-nā benim-lĕ sözinden

He wasn’t shy with me or about speaking to me.

maṣādir [91]–[100]

.

Requesting • Stealing • Asking • Cooking • Losing/Missing • Beginning • Boiling • Reconciling • Increasing • Killing

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 13

في الطلب

İSTEMEK

Requesting, demanding

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 14

طلبت منه حقي تقاتل معي

kendiden ḥaḳḳımı istedim benim-lĕ çækişdi

I asked him for my right [and] he argued [lit., fought, quarreled] with me.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 15

طلب مني قرضه في الحال اعطيته

benden ödinç istedi derḥāl verdim

He asked me for a loan, [and] I gave it to him immediately.

NB digi-ms p. 67 • line 16

نحن طلبنا منه حقنا ما حان عليه

biz ḥaḳḳımızı kendiden istedik revā görmedi

We demanded our right from him, but he didn’t ᴬʳcomply / ᵀᵘfind it appropriate.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 1

في السرقة

UĠURLAMAḲ⁶⁹

69. Sic: اوغورلمق – for uġrulamaḳ (Redhouse 1968).

Stealing

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 2

سرقت خاتم ذهب بفص يماني

bir aḷtün⁷⁰ yüzüği yamānī ḳati ^\le/ uġruladım

70. Spelt with three dots under the l : اڸتون .

I stole a gold ring with a Yemeni stone.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 3

سرق حلقة يشم مُفَصَّصَه

bir ḳaşılanmış⁷¹ yeşim ṭaşı küpĕ uġruladı

71. Sic, with y : قاشيلنمِش : for ḳaşlanmış. The basic meaning of ḳaş is ‘eyebrow’, then also ‘curved or projecting, salient thing’; the compound yüzük ḳaşı means a ‘collet of a ring’ – Redhouse 1968.

He stole a jade ring with a setting.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 4

سرقنا قليلًا من اللؤلؤ الكبار

biraz büyük incülerden uġruladıḳ

We stole a few large pearls.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 5

في السوال

ṢORMAḲ

Asking

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 6

سالونا عن بيت فلان اين هو

fılān evinden bizi ṣordılar neredĕ

They asked us where so-and-so’s house is.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 7

سالتم مِن مَن جات المكاتيب

mektūblar kimden gelmiş ṣordıñız

You (pl.) asked who the letters/messages came from.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 8

سالوا هل امور متى تنقضى

bu ümūrları ḳaçan biter ṣordılar

They asked when these matters may/will end.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 9

في الطبخ

BİŞÜRMEK

Cooking

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 10

طبخنا فول بلحم خاروف

ḳuzı ^\et/ ilĕ baḳlă bişürdik

We cooked (fava) beans with lamb.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 11

طبختم بادنجان محشي وكبه مقليه

bāṭlıcān ṭolması ham ḳavurmă köftĕsi bişürdiñiz

You (pl.) cooked stuffed eggplant and fried kibbeh.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 12

نطبخ اليوم رز بسبانخ وسلطه

bugün birinc ilĕ sbānāḫ bişiririz ham salaṭă

Today we are cooking rice with spinach and salad.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 13

في النقصان

EKSİLEMEK

Lacking, decreasing

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 14

نقص الحرير نصف وقيه

ipeği yarım nuki ⁷² eksiledi

72. Given the Ar version, this word must mean ‘ounce’, but I was unable to find it in the dictionaries; the reading is unambiguous: نوكي . Final -i/‑ı may (by mistake) be a 3sg possessive ending.

The silk decreased by/lacked [?] half an ounce.

NB digi-ms p. 68 • line 15

الحرير هذا عادته ايام يزيد وايام ينقص

ipek ʿādeti budur: baʾżı günler artar ve günler eksilür

[As for] the silk, sometimes there is plenty of it [lit., this], sometimes there’s a shortage [lit., it increases... decreases].

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 1

في الابتدا

BAŞLAMAḲ

Beginning

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 2

ابتديت اكب حرير من اول جمعة الصوم

orucıñ ilk evvel haftădan ipek ṣarmaġă başladım

I started wrapping the silk from the first Friday of fasting.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 3

ابتدايك فليكن سهلًا مباركًا

başlamaġıñ ḳuṯlu⁷³ ḳolay olsun

73. Sic, written قُثلُو .

May your beginning be easy and blessed.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 4

ابتديت في البنا من يوم الخميس

panç şanbĕ günden yapmaḳdă başladıñ

I started building on Thursday.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 5

في الغلى

ḲAYNAMAḲ

Boiling

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 6

غليت الما المدبره في القدر

müdebbar⁷⁴ ṣuyı çömlekdĕ ḳaynadıñ

74. Sic, written مدبَّر , with explicit fatḥaʰ on the šaddaʰ.

I boiled the prepared ??? water in the pot.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 7

ما غلي بعد ما يغلي القهوه يضعها علي النار

ḳahvĕ ^{\ḳaynamadı/} ḳaynamaḳdan ṣoñră ateş üstinĕ ḳoyar

ᴬʳIt/ᵀᵘThe coffee hasn’t boiled [yet]. When ᵀᵘit/ᴬʳthe coffee boils, he puts it on the fire.[???]

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 8

غلوا السمنه وصفَوها من العكر

yaġı ḳaynadılar bulanmaḳdan süzetdiler

They boiled the ghee and strained it from impurities.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 9

في الصلح

BARIŞMAḲ

Reconciling

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 10

اصطلحتم وما اعلمتمونا مليح عملتم

barışdıñız bizi iʿlām etmediñiz iyü etdiñiz

اصطلحتم وما اعلمتمونا مليح عملتم - You (pl.) reconciled and didn’t inform us; you did well.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 11

الصلح رايناه هو سيد الاحكام

barışmaġı ol iḥkāmlarıñ aġasıdır

We think that reconciliation is the master of judgments.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 12

امس اصطلح مع اخصامه

dün ḫaṣmları-ylă barışdı

Yesterday, he reconciled with his adversaries.

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 13

في الزياده

ARTIRMAḲ

Increasing

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 14

زاد العصفر عما وزناه رطلين

aṣfūrnu ṭartmaḳdan iki baṭmān⁷⁵ artdı

75. batman, accord. to Redhouse1968 a "weight varying from 2 to 8 okes (5-30 lbs.) used in Turkey until 1931". Batman is rendered by raṭl in the Arabic version. In its turn, raṭl is not a standardized weight: "in Eg. = 449.28 g, in Saudi Ar. = 462 g, in Tun. = 504 g, in Mor. = 508 g; but in Damascus = 1.785 kg, in Beirut and Aleppo = 2.566 kg" (WehrCowan1979).

The safflower increased beyond what we weighed, by two pounds (raṭlēn).

NB digi-ms p. 69 • line 15

زادوا ثمن العجوة التمر جزاف بلا وزن

ḫormayı ṭartmaḳsız ḳanber bāzār artmışlar

They raised the price of the date paste randomly, without weighing.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 1

في القتل

ÖLDÜRMEK

Killing

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 2

قتل الرجل وهرب من امس

ādamı öldirdi dünden ḳaçdı

He killed the man and fled [lit., from/since] yesterday.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 3

قتلوا الصبي وراحوا

oğlanı öldirdiler gitdiler

They killed the boy and left.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 4

قتلنا الحيه ورميناها في المستوقد

ılanı öldürdik dĕ külḫandă atdıḳ

We killed the snake and threw it into the stove/stokehole [of a bath etc.].

maṣādir [101]–[110]

.

Slaughtering • Choking • Building • Frying • Roasting • Coughing • Sneezing • Kissing • Diving • Biting

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 5

في الذبح

BOĞAZLAMAḲ

Slaughtering

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 6

نذبح الخروف ونسلخه

ḳuzıyı boğazlarız üzæriz⁷⁶

76. اوزاوز , with erroneous second و instead of ر . üzmek ‘to skin’ is less common than usual yüzmek.

We (can/may) slaughter the sheep and skin it.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 7

لا تذبحوا هذا خطيه

bunı boğazlamañız yazıḳdır

Do (pl.) not slaughter [it]; it’s a ᴬʳsin/ᵀᵘpity.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 8

دبحناه وصار الدي صار

boğazladıḳ oldı olacaḳ

We (have already) slaughtered it, and what happened happened.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 9

في الخنق

BOĞMAḲ

Strangling

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 10

خنقوا الرجل في الحمام

ādamı ḥamāmdă boğdılar

They strangled the man in the bathhouse.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 11

خنقتم الدجاجة في البيت

ṭavuḳı evdĕ boğdıñız

You strangled the chicken in the house/at home.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 12

ليتكم كنتم تخنقوه في القلعة

keşkĕ ḳalʿĕdĕ boğă idiñiz

I wish you had strangled/would strangle him in the fortress/citadel.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 13

في البنا

YAPMAḲ

Building

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 14

بنيت في الحوش اربع بيوت كبار

ḥōşdă⁷⁷ dört ev büyük yapdım

77. حوشدة , with erroneous ة instead of ه .

I built four large houses in the courtyard.

NB digi-ms p. 70 • line 15

بنا مربع عالي بعشر شبابيك

bir yüksek çardaḳ on ~~çardaḳlă~~ pencerĕ ilĕ yapdı⁷⁸

78. Strikethrough in the original, made in red (by a later hand?). pencerĕ ilĕ yapdı is written above the emended çardaḳlă.

He built a tall chardaq with ten windows.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 1

في القلي

ḲAVURMAḲ

Frying

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 2

اقلي اللحمة مع البصل والدهن

eti ilĕ ṣoġan yaġıylă ḳavur

Fry (sg.) the meat with onions and fat!

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 3

قلوا اللحمه بلا فلفل وزنجفيل

bahārsız eti ḳavurdılar

They fried the meat without pepper and ginger.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 4

قلينا الحمام بعد الحشي

güğercinleri ṭolmaḳdan-ṣoñr[ă] ḳavurdıḳ

We fried the pigeon after stuffing it.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 5

في الشي

ḲIZDIRMAḲ

Grilling

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 6

شوينا المشوي اقعد كل

kebābı ḳızdırdıḳ otur yi

We(‘ve) grilled the roast, [so] sit (down) and eat!

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 7

تشووا الوز وتسقوه بالدهن

ḳazları ḳızdırırsız yaġlă içersiz

You (pl.) grill the goose and baste it with [lit., make it drink] fat.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 8

شويتم الكبه قوي مليح

köfteh͗ (= köfte-yi) pek iyücĕ ḳızdırdıñız

You grilled the kibbeh (very) nicely.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 9

في السعال

ÖKSÜRMEK

Coughing

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 10

سعلنا الليله ما نمنا

bu gecĕ öksürdik uyumadıḳ

We coughed tonight [and] didn’t sleep.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 11

سعلوا سعال قوي كثير

pek çoḳ öksürmek öksürdiler

They coughed very strongly.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 12

تسعلوا هل قدر ما تقطعوا بلغم

bu ḳadar öksürirsiz balġam kesmezsiz

[If] you cough this much you [will, may] not stop [or: clear? – lit., cut] phlegm.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 13

في العطاس

AḲSIRMAḲ

Sneezing

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 14

عطستُ لكن قليل عطست

aḳsırdım ama az aḳsırdım

I sneezed, but I sneezed only a little.

NB digi-ms p. 71 • line 15

تعطسون كثير وما تدروا

çoḳ aḳsırırsız ṭanmazsız

You (pl.) sneeze a lot (and) don’t realize / without being aware [of it].

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 1

في البوس

ÖPMEK

Kissing

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 2

بوس الصليب بامانة قويه

ḫāçı pek emānet ilĕ öp

Kiss (sg.) the cross with strong faith!

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 3

اقبّله ليحفظني من عدوي

ānı būs ederim-ki beni düşmāndan ḥafẓ etsün

I (will/might/should) kiss it to protect me from my enemy.

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 4

قبّلناه كثير ونلنا بركته

çoḳ öpdük⁷⁹ dĕ bereketini aldıḳ

79. Spelt اوپدُك , with ḍammaʰ on the ending. This can be taken as an indicator of the actual pronunciation as öpdük, not öpdik.

We kissed it a lot and received its blessing.

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 5

في الغطس

ṬALMAḲ

Diving

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 6

غطس في الماء لكن ما رايناه

ṣudă ṭaldı ama görmedik

He dove [i.e., disappeared?] into the water, but we didn’t see him [or: didn’t see how he did so?].

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 7

غطسوا وما بينوا من الموج

ṭaldılar ṭalasıdan iẓhār etmediler

They dove [i.e., disappeared?] and didn’t appear from the waves.

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 8

اغطسوا فتشوا عليهم

ṭalıñız ānlarüñ üzerinĕ arañız

Dive (pl.) and look for them!

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 9

في العض

IṢIRMAḲ

Biting

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 10

عضني الكلب فى كعبي

köpek ṭobuġumdă ıṣırdı

The dog bit me in my heel.

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 11

عَضيته عضّه حتى طلع دمه

bir ıṣırmaḳ ıṣırdım tā ḳanını çıḳdı

I bit him (heavily) until/so that his blood flowed/he bleeded.

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 12

عضَّيناه فتالَّم منَّا كثير

ıṣırdıḳ bizden çoḳ renclendi

We bit him, so he suffered a lot from us.

maṣādir [111]–[120]

.

Drowning • ??? • Washing • Skinning • Planting • Sprinkling • Heating • Cooling • Shouting • Gifting

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 13

في الغرق

BAṬMAḲ

Drowning

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 14

غرق واخده الطيار⁴¹ من زمان

41. Sic! – should be التيار ‘the current’, with non-emphatic ت , not ط , to match ᵀᵘaḳındı (modern Tu aḳıntı).

baṭdı ve ānı aḳındı çoḳdan aldı

He drowned and the current took him long ago.

NB digi-ms p. 72 • line 15

هذا كيف غرق وما احد نظره

bu nicĕ baṭdı ve ānı bir kimsĕ baḳmadı

How did this one drown without anyone seeing it? (lit., and no one saw him)

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 1

في الخض

BAṢMAḲ

Shaking ???

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 2

انخض النهر من ازدياد المطر

çay yaġmur ziyādĕlerinden çalḳındı

The river surged/became torrential [?] due to the increased rain.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 3

خض هذا القدح واملاه

bu ḳūpeh͗ (= ḳūpeyi) çalḳın dĕ ṭoldur

Shake (sg.) this cup and [re‑?] fill it!

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 4

خضيته ونضفته

çalḳındım ham temizlendim

I shook [?] it and cleaned it.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 5

في الغسل

YUMAḲ

Washing

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 6

اغسل الحوايج قوى مليح

çamaşır bir iyücĕ yu

Wash the clothes well and thoroughly!

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 7

غسلت وما احدًا يغسل كذا

yudum ve bir kimsĕ böylĕ yumaz

I (have already) washed [the clothes? – cf. preceding phrase], and no one washes like this.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 8

غسلنا غسيل حتى كتافنا وجعتنا

bir yumaġı yudıḳ tā omuzlarımız bizi aġrıdı

We washed laundry until/so that our shoulders (began to) hurt.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 9

في السلخ

ÜZMEK⁸⁰

80. = modern standard Tu yüzmek. Cf. above, note on NB digi-ms p. 70, line 6.

Skinning

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 10

اسلخ هذا المدبوح لا تشرط جلده

bu boġazlanmış üz derisi yırṭmă

Skin this slaughtered one without cutting [?] its skin!

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 11

انت ما تعرفني انني شيخ السلاخين

sen beni bilmezsin ben üzcilerüñ şeyḫim

You (sg.) don’t know me; I am (actually) the chief of skinners [i.e, a very experienced skinner].

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 12

في الزرع

EKMEK

Planting

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 13

زرعوا من اول في تشارين

evvelden tişrīn ayındă ekdiler

They planted/brought out the seed early/already in October/November.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 14

اكثر الزارعين في تلك الايام زرعوا

ekinciler eks̱eri ol günlerdĕ ekdiler

Most farmers planted in these days.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 15

هولاء الزراعين معلّمين في الزرع

ekinciler ānları ekmekdĕ usṭālardır

These farmers are very skilled/experienced in [lit., are sheikhs of] planting.

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 16

في البخ

SEPMEK

Sprinkling, spraying

NB digi-ms p. 73 • line 17

بخ السده من اوله الى اخره

dirāzi evvelden āḫırınă dek sep

Spray (sg.) the door/threshold [???]⁶⁷ from beginning to end!

67. In this line, ᴬʳsuddaʰ ‘gate, door; threshold; seat; couch, divan’ (WehrCowan 1976) corresponds to ᵀᵘdirāz, of uncertain meaning. The regular value is, like in Persian whence it is borrowed, ‘(n.) long talk; (adj.) far, distant; deep’ (Redhouse 1968), but this doesn’t make sense.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 1

في التسخين

İSİTMEK⁸¹

81. Sic, with س s instead of more common ص ṣ, and ـمك -mek instead of ـمق -maḳ, ignoring spelling conventions for vowel harmony.

Heating

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 2

سخن هذا الطعام على النار

bu ṭaʿāmı ateş üzerinĕ isit

Heat (sg.) this food on the fire!

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 3

سخنت الطعام اما تاكل

ṭaʿāmı isitdim yemezsin

I (have) heated the food; [so, why] don’t you (sg.) eat?

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 4

الماء سَخَن كتير نزله من عن [sic!] النار

ṣuyı çoḳ isitdi ateşden indir

The water heated / ᵀᵘHe heated the water a lot; take (sg.) it off the fire!

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 5

في التبريد

ṢOVUTMAḲ

Cooling

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 6

برد الطعام ما عاد يوكل

ṭaʿām ṣavutdı artıḳ yenilmez

The food cooled, it’s no longer edible.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 7

برّدوا هل قله بالثلج

bu bardaġı ḳar ilĕ ṣavutdılar

They cooled this pitcher with ice.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 8

في الصياح

ÇAĞIRMAḲ

Shouting

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 9

صحتُ بهذا المقدار حتى بح حلقى

bu ḳadar çaġırdım tā boġazüm boġuldı

I shouted this much until/so that my throat hurt.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 10

صيح الرجل لنعمل معه بازار الورق

ādamı çaġır kĕ ānuñ-lă kāġıdıñ bāzārı edæriz

Call for the man, he shall do "paper market" [a card game?] with him!

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 11

في الهبه

BAĞIŞLAMAḲ

Gifting

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 12

انا وهبت له جميع ما اراد مني

ben āña benden istædiğini cümlĕsini baġışladım

I gifted him everything he wanted from me.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 13

اوهبني هذا الكتاب هبةً

bu kitābı baġışlamaḳ baña baġışladı

He gave me this book as a present.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 14

لا توهب هذا الكتاب ما يعرف يقراه

bu kitābı baġışlamă kendi oḳuyămaz

Don’t (sg.) gift this book; he doesn’t / [(probably) will not] know how to read it.

maṣādir [121]–[130]

.

Loving • Entrusting • Being annoyed • Grieving • Being tired • Trembling • Partnering • Separating • Playing • Weighing

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 15

في المحبه

SEVMEK

Loving

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 16

فلان احبّني محبة زايده عن المقدار

fılān beni sevmek sevdi ^\kĕ/ mıḳdārdan artıḳdır

So-and-so loved me with a love beyond measure.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 17

وانا ايضاً كما احبني حبيته

ben-daḫi nitĕkim sevdi beni ānı sevdim

I also loved him as he loved me.

NB digi-ms p. 74 • line 18

المحبه الله اوصا بها لانها فضيله

sevmeği Ḥaḳḳ-ı teʿālà ānı ıṣmarladı zīrā fażīlĕdir

God commanded/recommended love because it is a virtue.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 1

في التوصية

IṢMARLAMAḲ

Entrusting, bequeathing

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 2

اوصاني علي بيته وماله وراح

evi ve kendiniñ malı üzerinĕ baña ıṣmarladı dă gitdi

He entrusted me with his house and wealth and left.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 3

فقم بوصاته علي ما يجب

kendi veṣāt⁸² ilĕ vācib üzerinĕ qāʾim ol

82. The manuscript wrongly has وصأت , with أ instead of long ā.

So, fulfill his bequest as necessary!

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 4

اوصي اتباعه ايضًا

kendi etbāʿları daḫi ıṣmar^\ladım/

He entrusted his followers [or: attendants, servants?] as well.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 5

في الغيظ

İNCİNMEK

Be(com)ing angry, annoyed

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 6

اغتظت منه مرضت

kendiden incindim ḫastălandım

I was angered by him and fell ill.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 7

اغتاظ منى ما جا معنا

benden incindi bizim-lĕ gelmedi

He was angry with me [so he] didn’t join us.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 8

لا تغيظ كذا رجل صديق

böylĕ dost ādamı incinmĕ

Do not anger such a man; [he is] a friend [or: such a befriended man].

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 9

في الحزن

TESELLİNMEK⁸³

83. The verb is not found in standard dictionaries, which only have tesellī ‘comfort, consolation’, combined with ‘to find’ or ‘to give’, etc. Here, the passive tesellinmek *‘to be comforted, find consolation’ serves as the equivalent of ᴬʳḥuzn ‘grief’.

Grieving

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 10

لا تحزن على من مات هل قدر

kim oldı üstinĕ bu ḳadar tesellinmĕ

Do not grieve to this extent for some/anyone who has died.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 11

الحزن الكثير طيب خاطرك ما يجوز

ḫāṭırıñ ḫōş olsun çoḳ tesellinmeği cāyız değil

May your heart be appeased! [But too] much grieving is not right.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 12

في التعب

YORULMAḲ

Getting tired

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 13

تعب قوي كثير من زود المشي

çoḳ yürümekden pek yoruldı

He got severely tired from too much walking.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 14

ما تعبوا اوليك بقدر ما تعبت انت

sen yoruldıġıñ ḳadarıncă ānlar yorulmadılar

Those people didn’t tire as much as you did.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 15

في الرجفان

DİTRĔMEK

Trembling , shivering

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 16

ارتعشت لما سمعت كلامه السفيه

sefāhat-lik sözinĕ işitdüğüm vaḳit dit[redim]

I shivered when I heard his foolish talk.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 17

رجف من خوفه منى

benden ḳorḳusından ditrĕdi

He trembled out of fear of me.

NB digi-ms p. 75 • line 18

يرجف من البرد الموجود

mevcūd olan ṣavuḳdan ditrĕyor

He is shivering from the present (lit., existing) cold

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 1

في الاشتراك

ORTAḲLAMAḲ

Be(com)ing partners, partnering

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 2

تشاركت مع عبد الله في الحرير

Abdallāh ilĕ ortaḳladım ipekdĕ

I partnered with ʿAbdallāh in silk.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 3

تشارك محمد مع الشدياق

Meḥmed ilĕ Şidyāḳ ortaḳladı

Muḥammad partnered with al-Shidyāq.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 4

اشتركوا اربعة انفار كلمن حط شي

dört nefer ortaḳladılar her birisi bir şey ḳodı

Four people partnered [and] each contributed something.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 5

في الافتراق

AYRILMAḲ

Separating

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 6

مشتركين كانوا لكنهم افترقوا

ortaḳlanmışlar idiler ama ayrıldılar

They were partners, but they separated.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 7

تشاركتم كم سنه /يجي\ سنه ونصف

ḳaç yıl ortaḳladıñız bir buçuḳ yıl gelür

How many years have you (pl.) been partners? About a year and a half.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 8

تشاركوا ربحوا الف قرش

ortaḳladılar biñ ġurūş ḳazandılar

They partnered and earned a thousand qirsh/piasters.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 9

في اللعب

OYNAMAḲ

Playing

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 10

لعبوا في برلان الورق

birlān kāġiddă oynadılar

They played Brelan (a card game).⁶⁸

68. Cf., for instance, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brelan.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 11

خسروا يجي ماية قرش

yüz ġurūş ḳadar ziyā^\n/ oldılar

They lost about a hundred qirsh/piasters.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 12

في الوزن

ṬARTMAḲ

Weighing

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 13

وزنتم وصلات القناوز

ḳınāvuz parçăları ṭartdıñız

You (pl.) weighed the ??? parts/pieces.

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 14

وزنا اربع وصلات درايه

dört parçă cinfāṣ ṭart[d]ıḳ⁸⁴

84. طارتق .

We weighed four batches/pieces of ???.⁶⁹

69. For ᴬʳdirāyaʰ, Hava 1899 has ‘taffeta’, i.e., "a crisp, smooth, plain woven fabric made from silk […]" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taffeta).

NB digi-ms p. 76 • line 15

وزنت الذهب طلع تقيل

altunı ṭartdım aġır çıḳdı

I weighed the gold, [and] it turned out heavy.

maṣādir [131]–[140]

.

Bargaining • Returning • Deceiving • Insulting • Extinguishing • Measuring ??? • Licking up • Swelling • Being wide • Sifting

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 1

في الدلال

NĀZLANMAḲ

Bargaining

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 2

لا تتدلل علينا هذا ثمن قماشك

üstemizĕ nazlanmă ḳumāşıñ bahāsı budır

Do (sg.) not bargain with us; this is the price of your fabric/tissue.

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 3

ما اتدلل لكن ما يخلصنى هذا الثمن

nazlanmam ama bu bahāyă baña el vermez

I am not going to bargain, but this price does not give me a rest [i.e., I cannot accept it].

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 4

تدللتَ عليّ في تمن الحرير قوى كثير

ipek bahāsındă üzerimĕ pek çoḳ nazlandıñ

You (sg.) bargained with me heavily about the price of silk.

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 5

في العَود

DÖNMEK

Returning

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 6

عاود في البازار لنعمله بالنقد

bāzārdă dön naḳd ilĕ edæriz

Return (sg.) to the market, let’s do it in cash!

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 7

تعود انت ايضًا تعمل قماشك بدراهم

sen-daḫi dönersin ḳumāşıñ aḳçĕ ilĕ edersin

You (sg.) too will return to trading your fabric for cash (lit., in dirhems / akçe).

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 8

في الخداع

ALDATMAḲ

Deceiving

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 9

لا تغشني مثلما غشيتَ ذاك

beni aldatmă nitĕkim ol ādamă aldatdıñ

Do (sg.) not deceive me as you deceived that one!

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 10

ذاك ما انغش قماشه ما كان مثل مالك

ol aldatmamış ḳumāşını mālıñ gibi değildi

That one was not ripped off; his fabric was not like your material.

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 11

في الاحتقار

ḪORLAMAḲ

Contempt, insulting

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 12

ذاك المعلوم عندك احتقرنا كثير

ol sendĕ maʿlūmdır bizi çoḳ ḫorladı

As you know, that one has insulted us greatly / had much contempt for us [?].

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 13

نحن ايضًا احتقرناه ولكن ما اعطانا

biz daḫi kendüsinĕ ḫorladıḳ ama bizĕ vermedi

We insulted him too / had contempt for him [?], but he did not give (it) to us (nevertheless?).

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 14

في الطفي

SÖNDİRMEK

Extinguishing

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 15

طفيتَ النار وخليت كل شي على حاله

ateşi söndirdiñ ve her şeyi ḥāl üzerinĕ ḳodıñ

You (sg.) extinguished the fire and left everything as it was.

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 16

طفا الشمعه وخلانا في العتمه

mumı söndirdi bizi ḳaranlıḳdă ḳodı

He extinguished the candle and left us in darkness.

NB digi-ms p. 77 • line 17

طفوا الفتنة التى كانت فيما بينهم

mā-beynlerindĕ di⁸⁵ fitneh͗ (= fitneyi) söndirdiler

85. Sic: دي ; probably erroneously for ده dĕ or كي ‑ki.

They extinguished the strife (i.e., they settled the dispute) that was among them.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 1

في الكيل

ÖLÇMEK

Measuring

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 2

كيل العدس في الخان وحمّله

mercimeği ḫāndă ölç-dĕ yüklet

Measure the lentils at the caravanserai and load them!

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 3

كلتُ الحنطه طلعت زايده

buġday͗ (= buġdayı) ölçdim artıḳ çıḳdı

I measured the wheat; it turned out to be excessive/too much.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 4

اكتال الشعير طلع تمام

arpah͗ (= arpayı) ölçdi tamām çıḳdı

He measured the barley; it came out perfect/correct.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 5

في اللعط

YALAMAḲ

Licking up

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 6

لعط شوية لبن بدا يسعل

biraz yoġurd yaladı öksürmeġĕ başladı

He licked up a little milk [and] started to cough.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 7

يلعط العسل كله ما يخلى منه شي

balı hepsi yalar āndan bir şey ḳomıyăsın

He licks up all the honey [and] doesn’t leave anything behind/over.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 8

تلعطوا كل الطعام ما تحسبوا غيركم

ṭaʿāmı hep yalarsız özekĕñiz [?]⁸⁶ ḥesāb etmezsiz

86. اوزكه ڭز . Does he mean öteki... ? The Arabic column has ġayrkum ‘others than yourself’… Cf. also below, p. 79, l. 10.

You may lick up all the food [and] don’t consider leaving some for others.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 9

في الانتفاخ

ŞİŞMEK

Swelling, getting bloated

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 10

انتفخت من شرب الماء

ṣu içmekden şişdim

I got bloated from drinking water.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 11

انتفخ من زود ما اكل التين

incir yediğinden⁸⁷ ziyādĕ şişdi

87. Between اينجير and يديكندن one may identify a small د or ىـ . Given ᴬʳʾakala ‘he ate’ it is likely that we have to read ييدكندن , with two dots erroneously omitted under initial ىــــ y- .

He got bloated from eating too many figs.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 12

انتفخوا ما بقوا يساعوا شي

şişdiler bir nesnĕ ṣıġmıyorlar

They got bloated [so] nothing fitted them any longer [or: they couldn’t take in anything? – lit., they became not fitting anything].

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 13

في الاتساع

ṢIĠMAḲ

Being broad/spacy (enough for s.th.); (also fig.) being open-minded enough, tolerating

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 14

وسعنا كل الكلام الذي قاله

her dediği sözler ṣıġdıḳ

We bore/let him say [?; lit., were wide enough for] everything he said.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 15

قالوا له كلمة واحدة ما طاقها

āña bir söz söylediler teḥammül etmedi

They said one word to him; he couldn’t/didn’t bear it.

NB digi-ms p. 78 • line 16

قلت له كلام كثير ما نتج منه شي

āña çoḳ sözler dedim bu nesnĕ netīcĕ olmadı

I told him many things, [but] nothing resulted from it.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 1

في النخل

ELĔMEK

Sifting

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 2

نخلنا الطحين وعجناه

unı elĕdik ham yoġurdıḳ

We sifted the flour and kneaded it.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 3

نخلوا الرز كله طلع فيه تراب

pirinci hep elĕdiler āndă ṭobraḳ çıḳdı

They sifted all the rice; it turned out to have dirt/dust in it.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 4

تنخلوا البرغل وتفرقوا كل شي وحده

burġulı elersiz ve her nesnĕ başḳă ayrılsız

You (pl.) (may) sift the bulgur and separate everything individually.

maṣādir [141]–[150]

.

Embracing • Turning • Going for a walk • Urging on s.o. • Breaking • Believing • Praising (o.s.?) • Yawning • Running • Gaining

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 5

في الحضن

ḲUCAḲLAMAḲ

Embracing, hugging

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 6

حضنت الولد في حضنى

çoçuġı ḳucaġımdă ḳucaḳladım

I hugged the child in my arms.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 7

حضنوا الشغله من قبل ما تكبر

işi büyümeden evvel ḳucaḳladılar

They embraced the matter [?] before it grew.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 8

حضنا الامراة وما استحينا

avratı ḳucaḳladıḳ dă utanmadıḳ

We embraced the woman without feeling ashamed.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 9

في الديران

ÇEVİRMEK

Turning

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 10

درت الباب من غير موضع

ḳapuyı özekĕ⁸⁸ yerden çevirdim

88. Cf. above, p. 78, l. 8.

I turned the door from the/an other side.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 11

دار الكلام اول ما راني

beni gördiği vaḳıt sözi çevirdi

He switched to a different topic [lit., He turned the speech] as soon as he saw me.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 12

داروا المريض علي طرف اليمين

ḫasteh͗ (= ḫasteyi) ṣaġ ṭarafı üzerinĕ çevirdiler

They turned the patient to the right side.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 13

في الدوران

GEZMEK

Walking around, having a walk

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 14

درت اليوم في البريه ما بردت

bugün yabandă gezdim üşünmedim

I had a walk today in the countryside [lit., wilderness] without getting (a) cold.

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 15

الدوران هل ايام يصلح لك

bu günler gezmeğin[i ?] saña yaḳışür

Going around/Having a walk these days is good for you (sg.).

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 16

داروا ما خلى منهم موضع

gezdiler ānlardan bir yer ḫālī değil

They walked around, leaving no place untouched [lit., no place remained empty of them].

NB digi-ms p. 79 • line 17

درنا كثير ما بقا ناقص علينا شي

çoḳ gezdik üzerimiz bir yer eksik ḳalmadı

We walked around [or: searched?] a lot [and] didn’t leave out anything [? – lit., ᴬʳnothing/ᵀᵘno place remained missing for us].

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 1

في التمليق

YALVARMAḲ

Flattering, urging upon s.o., imploring

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 2

ملقته حتي يرضي ما صار قايل

āña yalvardım rāżī olsun ḳāyil olmazdı

I implored him so that he may agree, [but] he didn’t say [yes].

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 3

ملّقني حتي يرضيني وانا ما رضيت

beni yalvardı kĕ beni rāżī etsün ben rāżī olmadım

He flattered me to please me, but I did not accept.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 4

ملّقناه كثير فبالدبوس حتى باع

\çoḳ/ yalvardıḳ dabbūs ilĕ tā kendi ṣatdı

We flattered him a lot, subtly [or: urged upon him severely? -- lit., (even) with the needle], until he sold.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 5

في الكسر

ḲIRMAḲ

Breaking

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 6

كسر القزازه وضيع المصريات

şişeh͗ (= şişeyi) ḳırdı ham parah͗ (= parayı) yitirdi

He broke the glass bottle and lost the money.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 7

كسرنا القلام مع الدوايه وعدينا عن الكتابه

deviyye ilĕ ḳalemler ḳırdıḳ yazudan geçdim⁸⁹

89. Sic – first verb in pl. (ḳır-dıḳ), second verb in sg. (geç-dim). To match the Ar version, the latter should be geç-dik.

We broke the pens along with the inkwell and stopped writing.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 8

كسروا خابية الماء بقينا معطَّلين

ṣu küpesi ḳırdılar ʿavārĕ ḳaldıḳ

They broke the water jug, [so] we were left stranded/disrupted.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 9

في التصديق

İNANMAK

Believing

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 10

صدقتَ انتَ الذي قاله

sen kendi dediğini inandıñ

You (sg.) believed what he said.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 11

ما صدق كلامي اخيرًا يندم

sözimi inanmadı ṣonı bişmān olur

He didn’t believe my words; eventually he regrets [it].

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 12

انا صدقت لكنه ما قطع عقله

ben inandım ama kendi ʿaḳlı kesmedi

I believed, but he didn’t make up his mind.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 13

صدقتم كلامي ان الشغل ما يصير

sözimi inandıñız kĕ iş olmaz

You (pl.) believed my words that something like that [lit., the work] wouldn’t/will not happen.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 14

في المدح

ÖVİÑMEK

Praising (oneself)

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 15

مدحتك كم مره عنده

seni bir ḳaç defʿĕ yanındă öviñdim

I mentioned you several times to him with praise.

NB digi-ms p. 80 • line 16

هو يتم يمدح روحه قدام الناس

ol dāymā ḫalḳ önüñdĕ canını öviñer/öğer

He continues to praise / still/always praises himself in front of others (lit., the people).

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 1

في التتاوب

ESNEMEK

Yawning

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 2

انا عمال اتَّتاوب⁴² جاني النوم

42. Sic, with šaddaʰ, and (dialectal?) w, probably reflecting an intended reading/pronunciation like /attāwab/ (for standard ʾataṯāʾabᵘ).

ben esniyorum uyḳum geldi

I’m constantly yawning; sleep has come to me.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 3

من المتاوبه الكتيره علامة النوم

çoḳ esnemekden uyḳum ʿalāmeti

From much yawning, it’s a sign of sleep.⁷⁰

70. Both the Ar and the Tu phrase are a bit weird. What is meant is, probably, that a lot of yawning is a sign of being sleepy. The Tu phrase shows an even stranger uyḳumdan ‘from my sleep’.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 4

في الركد⁴³

43. Sic, with non-emphatic د d instead of standard ض ḍ . From ᵀᵘsiğirtmek it is clear that the intended meaning must be ‘to run, hasten, hurry up’.

SİĞİRTMEK

Running, hasting

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 5

اليوم ركدت كثير تعبت

bugün çoḳ siğirtdim yoruldım

Today I ran a lot [and so] I got tired.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 6

ركد ركد ومن ركده ما استفاد

siğirtdi siğirtdi siğirdiğinden fāydĕlanmadı

He hastened and hastened, [but] from [all] hurrying up he gained nothing.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 7

في المكسب

ḲAZANMAḲ

Gaining, winning

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 8

كسبنا في هل بازار عشر قروش

bu bāzārdă on ġurūş ḳazandıḳ

We gained ten kurush/piasters in this bazaar.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 9

كسبتم علينا وما صار لكم خساره

üzerimizĕ ḳazandıñız sizĕ ziyān olmadı

You gained from us, and there was no loss for you.

maṣādir [151]–[160]

.

Memorizing • Rejoycing • Consulting • Moving • Hanging (criminals) • Being delayed • Being hungry • Bending • Spitting • Bursting

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 10

في الحفظ

EZBERLEMEK

Memorizing

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 11

حفظت اليوم درسي غيبًا

bugün dersimi başımdan ezberledim

I memorized my lesson today by heart.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 12

تحفظ جميع ما قلناه لك

saña dedüğim cümlĕsini ezberletirsin /-nirsin

You (should/may) memorize everything we told you/have said to you.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 13

في الفرح

SEVİNMEK

Rejoycing, being happy

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 14

فرحوا في مجينا لعندهم

yanlarıñıză gelmeğimizdĕ sevindiler

They rejoiced at our coming to them.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 15

فرح في مشتري البن

ḳahvĕniñ almasındă sevindi

He rejoiced over ᴬʳthe buyer of / ᵀᵘbuying coffee.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 16

فرحنا فرح العيد كلنا

hepimiz bayramıñ sevinmeği sevindik

All of us rejoiced with the joy of the feast.

NB digi-ms p. 81 • line 17

نفرح لان اليوم عندنا عيد كبير

sevinüriz zīrā bugün ḳatımızdă büyük bayram-dır

We rejoice/feel happy because today we have a big holiday.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 1

في المشاورة

ṬĀNIŞMAḲ

Consulting

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 2

تشاورنا معهم على قتل فلان

ānlarüñlă fılān öldürmek üzerinĕ ṭānışdıḳ

We consulted with them about killing so-and-so.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 3

شاورته عن ذلك الغرض ما رضي

ol ġaraẓdan kendinĕ ṭānışdım rāżī olmadı

I consulted him about that matter/goal, but he did not approve.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 4

شاورونا ما اعطيناهم اذن

bizĕ ṭānışdılar iẕin vermedik

They consulted us, [but] we did not give them permission.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 5

في النقله

ṬAŞINMAḲ

Moving

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 6

انا انتقلت من البيت

ben evden ṭāşındım

I moved from the house.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 7

انتقلتم الي أي بيت إنتم

siz hangi evĕ ṭāşındıñız

To which house did you (pl.) move?

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 8

انتقلوا من البستان الى الكرم

bāġçĕden bāġă ṭāşındılar

They moved from the garden to the vineyard.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 9

في الشنق

AṢMAḲ

Hanging (criminals)

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 10

خذ هذا اشنقه في حارة اليهود

bunı al çifüt⁹⁰ maḥallesindĕ aṣ

90. چفت , usually written چفوت meaning ‘Jew; mean, stingy man; malicious, perfiduous man’ – Redhouse 1890.

Take (sg.) this one and hang him in the Jewish quarter!

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 11

شنقنا الحرامي في الجديدة

kör maḥallĕsindĕ⁹¹ ḫırsızı aṣdıḳ

91. كور محله سي , corresponding to ᴬʳal-Ǧadīdaʰ or, SyrAr lə-Ǧdaydeʰ, probably name of an urban neighbourhood (in Aleppo?), similar to the Jewish Quarter featuring in the preceding line.

We hanged the thief in the Jdaydeh quarter / quarter of the Blind.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 12

في الاعاقة والبطو⁴⁴

44. Sic – probably instead of standard بُطء buṭʾ ‘slowliness’.

EĞLENMEK

Delay and slowliness

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 13

اليوم تعوقت عليَّ ما اقري

bugün üzerimĕ eğlendiñ oḳumam

You delayed me today, [so] I cannot read.

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 14

لا تتعوق غدا قوي بكرا تعال

yarın eğlenmĕ çin ṣabāḥ gel

Don’t (sg.) be delayed tomorrow; come early!

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 15

في الجوع

ACIḲMAḲ

Being hungry

NB digi-ms p. 82 • line 16

جعنا ومن الجوع متنا

acıḳdıḳ ve ac[ıḳ]maḳdan öldik

We were hungry, and from hunger we were [almost] dying.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 1

في الانحنا

EĞİLMEK

Bending

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 2

من المشى الكثير انحنا ظهرى طاقين

çoḳ yürümekden arḳamı iki ḳat eğildi

From too much walking, my back bent and became strained [lit., bent two times/layers].

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 3

إن لم تنحنى ما تقدر تدخل

eğilmeyincĕ sen girmeğĕ edæmezsin

If you (sg.) don’t bend [i.e., lower your head], you cannot enter.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 4

في التَّفل

TÜKÜRMEK

Spitting

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انا تفلت في وجهه ليش هو كذاب

ben yüzindĕ tükürdim niçün ol yalancı

I spat in his face because he’s a liar [lit., Why is he a liar].

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 6

تفل التفله واخيرًا لحسها

tükürmeği tükürdi ve ṣonı yaladı

He spat up, and eventually, he licked it up.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 7

في الفزر

ÇITLAMAḲ

Distending, bursting

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 8

انفزرت من حصرى عليه

üzerinĕ sıḳınmaḳdan çıtladım

I was distressed / (almost) exploded over my ??? on him.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 9

انفزر من الاكل الكثير

yemek çoḳlıġından çıtladı

He (almost) burst/exploded from eating too much. [?]

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 10

انفزروا من نكايتهم

ürkĕlerinden çıtladılar

They ᴬʳwere distressed from their spitefulness [?] / ᵀᵘburst out from fear of them [?].

maṣādir [161]–[170]

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Distributing • Fulfilling • Lighting • Vomiting • Loading • Hurting • Spoiling • Liking • Squeezing • Fitting

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 11

في التبديد

ṬAĞITMAḲ

Dispersing, distributing, scattering

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 12

اليوم بددت مصريات كثيره

bugün çoḳ parăları ṭağıtdım

Today, I ᴬʳsquandered [lit., scattered] / ᵀᵘdistributed a lot of money.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 13

امس فرق الخبز على الشحادين

dün etmeği dilenciler üzerinĕ ṭağıtdı

Yesterday, he distributed bread to the beggars.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 14

في الوفا

ÖDÆMEK

Being truthful, fulfilling

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 15

انا وفيت عنك كل دينك

ben bütün borcuñ senden ödædim

I settled all your debts for you.

NB digi-ms p. 83 • line 16

وفا بجميع ما قاله لي امس

dün cümlĕ dediğini baña ödædi

He fulfilled everything he told me yesterday.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 1

في القدح

ÇAḲMAḲ

Lighting, igniting

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 2

اقدح لي شقفة صوفانه

baña bir ḳıṭʿă^\parçă/ ḳav çaḳ

Light me a piece of tinder!

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 3

قدحت لك ما انشعلت

saña çaḳdım yaḳmadı

I struck [it] for you, but it didn’t ignite/catch fire.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 4

في التقيي

ḲUṢMAḲ

Vomiting

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 5

تقاييت من البرد لعبت نفسى

ṣovuḳdan nefesim oynadı ḳuṣdım

I vomited from the cold; my mood was affected/my stomach was unsettled [lit., my soul played (on me)].

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 6

هذا كان سكران دلق

bu sarḫōş idi ḳuṣdı

This one was drunk; he vomited.⁷¹

71. In standard language, ᴬʳdalaqa is ‘to unsheathe (a sword); to open (a door) abruptly’; for Syrian Ar, Hava 1899 notes the meaning ‘to pour (a liquid)’, a value that comes close to the "chapter" heading and the corresponding ᵀᵘḳuṣmaḳ.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 7

في التحميل

YÜKLETMEK

Loading

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 8

انا حمّلت لك حملك

ben senüñ yükin yüklendim

I loaded your burden for you.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 9

انت حمّلت احمالك كلهم

sen cümlĕ yüklerüñ yükletdirdiñ

You loaded all your burdens.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 10

في الوجع

AĠRIMAḲ

Feeling pain, hurting

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 11

وجعنى رأسي وظهري

başım ham arḳam aġrıdı

My head and back hurt.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 12

عينه وحلقه وجعوه

gözi ham boġazı aġrıdı

His eyes and throat hurt him.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 13

في النزع

BOZMAḲ

Spoiling, ruining⁷²

72. As noted by Hava 1899, ᴬʳnazaʿa is ‘to spoil’ only in Syrian Ar – matching ᵀᵘbozmaḳ very well.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 14

انا نزعت الكتابه

ben yazuyı bozdım

I spoiled the writing/document.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 15

انتزع الشغل كله

iş hepsi bozuldı

The work was spoiled completely.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 16

عكسوا طبخت⁴⁵ الحبر

45. Sic; should be طبخة .

mürekkebüñ pişirmesi bozdılar

They reversed [and in this way spoiled] the ink preparation.

NB digi-ms p. 84 • line 17

في العجب

BEĞENMEK

Liking, being amazed

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 1

انت ترضي بالذي نفعله

eyledüğimiz şey sen beğenirsin

You (sg.) agree with/approve of what we do.

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 2

عجبنا الشاش لكن طلع قصير

ṣarıġı beğendik ama ḳıṣă çıḳdı

We liked the gauze/turban, but it turned out to be (too) short.

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 3

في العصر

ṢIḲMAḲ

Squeezing

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 4

خذ هذه السفنجه اعصرها

bu süngüri al-dă ṣıḳ

Take (sg.) this sponge and squeeze it!

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 5

عصر المنديل من السباغ

yemeni⁹² boyămaḳdan ṣıḳdı

92. Redhouse 1968: ‘coloured cotton handkerchief, headkerchief’.

He squeezed the handkerchief from the dye.

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 6

في الاتساع

ṢIĠMAḲ

Fitting

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 7

هل كيس يساع هل حوايج

bu kisĕ bu esbābları ṣıġar

Is this bag big enough for these items?

maṣādir [171]–[end]

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Milking • Being angry • Advising • Digging • Mixing • Becoming turbid • Turning moldy • Celebrating • Unspecified

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 8

في الحلب

ṢAĠMAḲ

Milking

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 9

احلب هذه البقره

bu ineği ṣaġ

Milk (sg.) this cow!

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 10

انا حلبت الاعناز كلهم

ben hep keçileri ṣaġdım

I milked all the goats.

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 11

في الزعل

UṢANMAḲ

Being angry/upset

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 12

زعلت انا اروح واجي

ben gider gelür uṣandım

I was upset all the time [? – lit., ᴬʳwhen I went and came / ᵀᵘgoing (and) coming].

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 13

زعل من الكلام الكثير

çoḳ söylemekden uṣandı

He was upset from the many words.

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 14

في النصيحه

ÖĞÜTMEK

Advising

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 15

انا نصحتك انت ما انتصحت

ben seni öğütdirdim sen öğütlenmediñ

I advised you, [but] you did not take the advice.

NB digi-ms p. 85 • line 16

انا قبلت نصحك لكني انخدعت

ben öğütmekiñ ḳabūl etdim ama ???ldndm

I accepted your advice, but I was deceived.⁷³

73. Translation based on ᴬʳinḫadaʿtu. The corresponding Tu verb is unclear.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 1

في الحفر

ḲAZMAḲ

Digging

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 2

حفرت في البيت جب

evdĕ bir ḳuyı ḳazdım

I dug a well in the house.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 3

حفر لنا مغاره قوى كبيره

bizĕ pek büyük maġār ḳazdı

He dug a very large cave for us.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 4

في الخلط

ḲARIŞMAḲ

Mixing

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 5

خلط الدبس مع الطحينه

ṭıḥnă ilĕ pekmez ḳarışdırdı

He mixed molasses with tahini.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 6

مخلوط اللولو مع الياقوت

yāḳūt ilĕ inci ḳarışmışdır

(This is) pearls mixed with rubies.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 7

في العكر

BULANMAḲ

Be(com)ing turbid

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 8

انا اشوف الما معكره

ben baḳarım ṣu bulanmışdır

I see the water is turbid.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 9

هذا خض الجره تعكرة⁴⁶ الما

46. Sic; should be تعكرت .

bunı desti⁹³ çalḳandı⁹⁴ ṣu bulandı

93. desti, usually تستى testi ‘pitcher, earthenware jug’. 94. For çalḳadı ‘he shook violently’?

He shook the jar, [so] the water became turbid.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 10

في التعفين

KÜFLENMEK

Rottening, becoming moldy

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 11

هل خبز ليش عفن

bu etmeği niyĕ küflendi

Why is this bread rotten?

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 12

الخبز كثير وموضعه رطب معلوم يعفن

etmek çoḳ ve yeri yaş elbettĕ küflenür

There is a lot of bread and its place is damp; it’s clear that it rots [quickly].

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 13

في التعييد

BAYRAMLAMAḲ

Celebrating

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 14

اليوم راح /عيد\ الاكابر ما جا

bugün akābir cemāʿati⁹⁵ bayramlamağă⁹⁶ gitdi gelmedi

95. An alevi cem session? 96. Ending written ـمكه instead of standard ـمغه , as if one should read -meğĕ rather than ‑maġă .

Today he went to the celebration of the notables, but he didn't arrive [lit., come].

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 15

رحت عيدت فلان تعوقت

vardım fulānă bayramladım eğlendim

I went to celebrate [with] so-and-so but was delayed.

NB digi-ms p. 86 • line 16-17

توكلت على الله في كل الأمور

her umūrlardă tæñri üzerinĕ tevakkül eyledim

I’ve entrusted everything to God.

Addenda
This is the beginning of a section without headings, sometimes continuing in columns, at others the Ottoman phrase follows the Arabic one in the next line

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NB digi-ms p. 87-88

Addenda [1]–[10]

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NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 1

Beginning of a section without headings and without columns; sometimes, the Ottoman phrase follows the Arabic one in the same line, sometimes in the next

سرتُ اليوم من بكرا على اشغالي

bugün ṣabāḥdan işlerim üzerinĕ vardım

I left early/in the morning today for my work/business.

NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 2

حط عقلك في راسك وافهم قولي لك

ʿaḳlıñ başındă ḳo sañă dediğim añlă

Put your mind in your head and understand what I’m telling you.

NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 3-4

يا ولدي العقل قوي شي مليح ان كنت تفهم

ey oġul ʿaḳli pek iyü şeydir eğer añlarsın

My son, reason is a very good thing – if you understand.

NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 5-6

اليوم الى اين رحت ما اعطيتني خبَر

bugün nereyĕ gitdiñ baña ḫaber vermediñ

Where did you go today? You didn’t inform me [lit., give me news]

NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 7-8

روح الى خالك خليه يرسل لنا خرجيه

ṭayıñ yanınă git ḳo bizĕ ḫarclıḳ göndersin

Go to your uncle; let him send us some allowance/pocket money.

NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 9-10

رحت الي عنده كم مره ما رايته في البيت

bir ḳaç kerĕ yanınă vardım evdĕ görmedim

I went to his place several times; I didn’t see him at home.

NB digi-ms p. 87 • line 11

اظنه راح حتي يخطب تزوج

ṣanırım kendi nişan ḳomaġă gitdi evlendi

I think he went to get engaged; (but) he got married.⁷⁴

74. The Ar version might also be read as *‘he went to ask for marriage’ (tazawwuǧ – maṣdar), but the Tu phrase unambiguously separates ᵀᵘnişan ḳomaġă gitdi ‘he went to put up an engagement’ and ᵀᵘevlendi ‘he got married’, so that on the Ar side, we have to read ᴬʳtazawwaǧᵃ, 3sg past tense.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 1

يا ولدي التجنب عن الناس راحة

ey oġlım ḫalḳdan çekilen rāḥatdır

My son, ᴬʳavoiding people is peace / ᵀᵘthe one who withdraw from people is at peace.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 2

كن مقيد في اشغالك ومنى اسمع يا رجل

işleriñizdĕ muḳayyid ol ey kişi benden işit

Be focused on/diligent in your [ᴬʳsg/ᵀᵘpl] work, and listen to me, man!

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 3

انا لي معك شغل حتى تفضى اقول لك

ben senüñ-lĕ iş vardır boş oldıġıñ vaḳit /saña derim\⁹⁷

97. Squeezed in under the main line.

I have business with you; I’ll tell you when you’re free.

NB digi-ms p. 88-89

Addenda [11]–[20]

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NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 4-5

قل لى فى اى وقتٍ اقشعك في البيت اعطنى وعد حتى اعرف

seni hanḳi vaḳitdĕ evdĕ görim baña dĕ baña vaʿdĕ ver kĕ bilæm⁹⁸

98. Spelt بِلَم – for بلايم *bilæyim?

Tell me when I can see you at home. Give me a promise so I know.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 6

يا اخي بعد العصر تراني فى البيت

ey ḳardāş ikindiden ṣoñră beni evdĕ görirsin

Brother, you’ll find me at home in the afternoon.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 7

ان كان مالك شغل تعال رُح معي للشام

eğer işiñ yoġiysĕ gel benimlĕ Şamă git

If you don’t have work, come go with me to Damascus.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 8

انا كنت اروح ولكن انتظر واحد لي معه دراهم

ben giderdim ama birisi gözæderim kendüsindĕ aḳçĕ vardır

I would go / would [already] have gone, but I’m waiting for someone who owes me some money [lit., who has some dirhems/akçe (for me)].

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 9

الي متي يصطبر عليك يكفي يريد يروح

ḳaçınă dek üzerindĕ ḳatlană yeter gidæcekdir

How long shall he bear with you? It’s enough, he ᴬʳwants / ᵀᵘis about to leave.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 10

تمضى الى الشغل تتعوق وما ترد جواب

işĕ varırsın eğlenürsin cevāb döndirmezsin

You go to work [and] get delayed, [but] don't give [me] an answer.

NB digi-ms p. 88 • line 11

تروح حتى تقضى شغلك تمضى تلعب بالصطرنج

gidersin tā kĕ iş bitirĕsin varüb saṭranc ilĕ oynarsın

You go until you finish your work, [and when] you come back you may play chess.⁷⁵

75. The word for ‘chess’ is written with initial s‑ in the Ottoman phrase (so also modern Turkish), and ṣ‑ in the Arabic version. Modern standard Arabic would be šaṭranǧ.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 1

ما اعرف ايش اعمل معك حرت في امري

bilmem senüñ-lĕ nĕ edæyim emrimdĕ şaşdım

I don’t know what to do with you; I’m perplexed.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 2

قل لي ماذا تريد حتى اعطيك واخلص منك

nĕ istersin baña de tā saña veræyim ve senden ḳurtarayım

Tell me what you want so I can give it to you and be done with you.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 3

الشغل الذى تريده دلوقت ما ينقضى

istediğiñ iş şimdi bitmez

The work you want can’t be done [lit., isn't completed/doesn’t finish] right now.

NB digi-ms p. 89

Addenda [21]–[end]

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NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 4

لان اليوم لي شغل ما انا فاضى لك

zīrā bugün işim vardır ben saña boş değilim

Because today I have work, I’m not free for you.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 5

الي اين ما رحت تلحقني ما اعرف ايش تريد مني

nĕ yerĕ gitsem beni ulaşırsın bilmem benden nĕ istersin

Wherever I go, you follow me; I don’t know what you want from me

NB digi-ms p. 89 ff • line 6

هذه امثال العلما الاولين⁴⁷

47. Heading featuring on the left hand side of the page, in the "Turkish" column.

evvelkilerüñ ʿülemālarıñ ems̱ālı bunlardır⁹⁹

99. Heading featuring on the right hand side of the page, in the "Arabic" column.

Wisdom of the early learned [lit., These are proverbial sayings by the first scholars]

NB digi-ms p. 89-90

Early wisdom [1]–[10]

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NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 7

احفظ لسانك يعلو شانك

diliñ ḥıfẓ eylĕ ḳadriñ yücĕlenür

Guard your tongue, [so] you will be more respected/your stature will rise.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 8

التجنب عن الناس راحه عظيمه

ḫalḳdan çekilen ʿaẓīm rāḥatdır

ᴬʳAvoiding people is great relief/comfort / ᵀᵘThe one who retreats from people feels at ease.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 9

كل ما يعجبك والبس ما يعجب الناس

beğendiğiñ yi ve ḫalḳıñ beğenĕceğini giy

Eat what you like, and [= but] dress how people like it [i.e., what pleases the others].

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 10

بالصبر يصير الحصرم حلاوه

ṣabır ilĕ ḳoruḳ ḥelvā olur

With patience, [even] the sour grape becomes sweet.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 11

كل شغل ينقضِى لا تعجل فى شغلك

her iş biter işiñdĕ ivmĕ

Every job has an end, [so] don’t rush your (sg.) work!

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 12

العجلة من الشيطان والتانى من الرحمن

ivmek şeyṭāndandır ḳatlanmaḳ raḥmāndandır

Haste is from the Devil, and/while patience is from the Merciful.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 13

كل شربة جديده يصير ماوها حلوًا

her yeñi bardaġıñ ṣuyın ḥelvā olur

[Drunk from] a new cup any drink [lit., water] turns/will taste sweet.

NB digi-ms p. 89 • line 14

الطاسه ان لم تقع علي الارض ما يطلع لها صدا

ṭāsĕ yerĕ düşmeyincĕ āña sæsi çıḳmaz

If / As long as the bowl doesn’t fall on the ground, it doesn’t/won’t produce a sound.

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 1

اولًا هيى الرزق وفيما بعد سر في الطريق

yoldāş ibtidā ḥāżır et ṣoñră yoldă yüri

(ᵀᵘO traveller,) first prepare your provision, then walk on on your path.

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 2

كل ضيعه ولها درب على حلب

her köyiñ Ḥaleb üzerinĕ yol vardır

In every village there is a path [leading] to Aleppo.

NB digi-ms p. 90-91

Early wisdom [11]–[20]

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NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 3

يا رايح للطاحون خيط بغير هل مسله

ey değirmænĕ giden ??? çuvaldır kĕ eylĕdik

Oh, you who goes to the mill, sew [the fabric, the sacks] together with another than that needle! [???]

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 4

النجار بابه يضل مكسور

dülgeriñ ḳapusı ḳırıḳ ḳalür

The carpenter’s door [always, typically] remains broken.

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 5

سكّر بابك وامن جارك

ḳapuñı ḳappă ve ḳonşuñı emīn et

Close your door and beware of your neighbour! [?]

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 6

احبك يا سواري مثل معصمي لا

bilæziğim seni severim bileğim gibi değil

I love you, my bracelet – but not like my wrist.

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 7-8

(7) الامور التى جات على راسك بيّنهالي واحدة فواحدةٍ⁴⁸

48. Sic; should be واحدةً .

(8) başıñ üzerinĕ gelæn emirleri baña birer birer beyān eylĕ

All the things that have happened to you [lit., have come on your head], reveal/explain them to me one by one.

NB digi-ms p. 90 • line 9-11

(9) ايش قدر جاءَ في راسه / (11a) لا تعمل لي هل قدر جفا

(10) başındă neler geçmiş / (11b) ol-ḳadar baña cefā etmĕ

Do not act towards me so hard/cold as what you had to endure! (lit., the degree with which it came on your head, do not do to me likewise)

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 1-2

(1) وضعوا للحجر رنق عتماني

(2) ṭaşă bir āḳçĕ ranḫ ḳomışlar

They placed ᴬʳan Ottoman rnq / ᵀᵘrnḫ for one āḳçĕ on the stone.

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 3

انا اطلع من حقك مليح مليح

ben senüñ ḥaḳḳından gökçek-er iyücĕ çıḳarım

I uphold your right(s) very well, or: will come out very well of what I owe you [???]

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 4-5

(4) من روىةٍ ]sic![ واحده حبيته

(5) bir görüşden ānı sevdim

I loved/liked him from the very first moment [lit., the first vision].

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 6

انا لي رويا في الانسان

ben kişidĕ baña bir görüşmek-dir

I have an opinion about [lit., a view on] the man [or: on mankind ?].

NB digi-ms p. 91-92

Early wisdom [21]–[30]

.

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 7

ابدًا ما انسَى جميلك

senüñ iyüliğini hiç unutmam

I’ll never forget your kindness [lit., your favour].

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 8

خمس اصابعك ليس هم سوي

beş barmaġıñ beraber değil

Your five fingers are not equal.

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 9

المحبة التى فيما بيننا كبيره

mābeynlerimizdĕ olan maḥabbĕ büyükdür

The love (that is) between us is great.

NB digi-ms p. 91 • line 10-11

(10) اذا ما صدق الواحد الاخر ما عاد للصحبة فايده

(11) birbirinĕ eğer inanmazsă dostlıġă artıḳ iş yoḳdır

If one does/can not trust the other, then friendship becomes meaningless [lit., has no benefit].

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 1

يا دوله تكون يا للغراب اللاشه

yā devlet bāšad ya kuzġun leşĕ

Either there will be a state, or the carcass [will go] to the crow.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 2

جبستين في يدٍ واحده ما ينمسك

iki ḳarpuz bir elindĕ ṭutılmaz

Two pumpkins cannot be held in one hand.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 3

المكتوب ما منه مهروب

yazılmış olan āndan ḳaçmışı yoḳ

What’s written [i.e., destiny] cannot be escaped.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 4

كان مكتوب على راسه

başı üzerinĕ yazılı idi

It was written on his head [i.e., was destined for him?].

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 5

حط راسه في الميدان

ānüñ başı meydāndă ḳoydı

He put his head [i.e., himself)] in the arena.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 6

فيما بين المحبين ما في تكليف

dostlarıñ arasındă teklīf yoḳdır

Between lovers, there are no obligations/ formalities.

NB digi-ms p. 92-93

Early wisdom [31]–[40]

.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 7

الجاي فليجي والذاهب فليدهب

yā gelen gelsün yā giden gitsün

What is coming, let him come; what is gone, let it be gone.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 8

واجب هو الرضى بالقضا

ḳażā ilĕ reżā ol vācibdir

It is necessary to accept fate.

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 9

ما الذي نعمل نستعمل على قدر الزمان

nĕ yapmalı zamană görĕ ḳullanmalı

What should we do? Let’s act according to the times [?].

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 10

الخير ياكل ما له والردي يوكل ما له

iyülik mālını yer ve kötilik mālı yelinür¹⁰⁰

100. Sic; erroneously for yenilür ‘is/gets eaten up’.

The good one consumes what is his, and the bad one loses what is his [lit., The good one eats what is his; as for the bad one, what is his is eaten up].

NB digi-ms p. 92 • line 11

كل مَن هو يسحب اللحاف لصوبه

yorġanı her kimiñ yanınă çeker

Everyone pulls the blanket towards themselves.

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 1

مضرت⁴⁹ الْخَيِّر يراها فايدة لنفسه

49. Sic, Ottomanizing spelling with final ت instead of tāʾ marbūṭaʰ ة .

iyülik żararını kendinĕ fāyidĕ görir

He regards [lit., sees] the harm to good as benefit for himself.

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 2

اعمالك ما توافق كلامك

senüñ ʿamalleriñ söziñĕ müvāfıḳ değil

Your (sg.) actions do not match your words.

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 3

طبيعتي موافقةً [sic!] لطبيعتك

ṭabīʿatım senüñ ṭabīʿatınă uyar

My nature/character agrees/harmonizes with yours.

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 4

لاجل خاطري تسمح عن ذنبه

ḫāṭırım-içün ṣuçın baġışlă

For my sake, forgive [him] his sin!

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 5

مال الحلال ما يضيع ومال الحرام يذهب

ḥelāl māl żāyıʿ olmaz ḥarām māl gider

Rightful[ly acquired] wealth does not get lost, but unlawful wealth disappears.

NB digi-ms p. 93-94

Early wisdom [41]–[50]

.

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 6-7

(6) انما اكبر خصماتي انت هو

(7) benim eñ büyüği ḫıṣmım sen sin

Truly, my greatest adversary is you.

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 8

عينه في الطبق ودانه لمن زعق

gözi ṭabaḳdă ḳulaġı çaġırană ??r

His eye is on the plate, and his ear is [listening to] the one who shouts/shouted. [i.e., ???]

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 9

اذا صار امر ما معكوساً فيصير للخلق اصلاحًا

eğer bir emir ʿaks olursă ḫalḳă iṣlāḥ olur

If a certain issue were changed to its opposite, this would be to everybody’s benefit [lit., for the people].

NB digi-ms p. 93 • line 10-11

سافتح له باب ما فى مثله ليتندم علي افعاله الدى فعلها معي

اڭا بر قپي اچيجغم انوڭ كبي يوقدر كه فعللرى اوزرينه ايلدوكني بشمان اولسون
āña bir ḳapı açıcaġım ānüñ gibi yoḳdır kĕ fiʿlleri üzerinĕ kim benimlĕ etdüğini bişmān olsun

I will open a door unlike any other [for him] so he may regret the actions he took against me.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 1

يا افتح بابك وانشهر يا سده وانستر

ḳapuñı aç meşhūr ol yaḫud sedd et örtmiş ilĕ

Either open your door and become prominent, or close it and remain [lit., be] hidden/concealed.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 2

لا تخالط شغل الغير انت اقشع شغلك

eliñ işinĕ ḳarışmă sen işiñ gör

Do (sg.) not interfere in others’ work; focus on/look at on your work!

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 3-4

لان نصحك لي فايده / نصيحتك تلزمني

zīrā senüñ öğüdiñ baña fāydĕ olur / öğüdiñ ñ baña lāzımdır

Because your (sg.) advice benefits me / your advice is necessary for me.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 5

جبل مع جبل ما يلتقى الرجل يلتقى مع الرجل

ṭaġ ṭaġa ḳavuşmaz ādam ādamă ḳavuşur

A mountain does/will not meet a mountain, but a man can meet a man.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 6

مع الجاهل لا تدخل الجنه فيطردوك

cāhil ilĕ cennetĕ girmĕ seni sürerler

Don’t enter Paradise in the company of [lit., together with] an ignorant! They’ll expel you.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 7

صحبة الجاهل حقًا اقوي من نار جهنم

ḥaḳḳᵃⁿ kĕ cāhil ṣoḥbeti nār-i cehennemden beter

The company of an ignorant is truly stronger [i.e., more powerful, may do greater harm] than the fires of Hell.

NB digi-ms p. 94-95

Early wisdom [51]–[60]

.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 8-9

(8) الجمال زايل والكمال باقي

(9) gider cemāl ḳalır kemāl

Beauty fades, but [inner, moral] perfection remains.

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 10

اعمل بالعلم والعمل لتوجد الجنه

ʿilmĕ ʿamel et tā bulăsın cennet[-i] kevs̱er

Work with knowledge and deeds to find paradise!

NB digi-ms p. 94 • line 11-12

(11) فايدته اكثر من ضرره

(12) fāydĕsini żararından çoḳdır

Its benefit is greater than its harm.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 1-2

(1) انا اوفيك ضررك

(2) senüñ żararı ben ödærim

I will compensate you for your (sg.) loss [or: pay for the damage you've caused?].

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 3-4

(3) الحسن بلوه

(4) gençlik belāsıdır

Beauty is a catastrophe/trial.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 5

انا الليله كلها ما نمت

ben bütün gecĕ uyumadım

I didn’t sleep at all tonight.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 6

حيف على هكذا ادمي يقتلوه

yazıḳdır kĕ böylĕ ādami öldürirler

It’s a pity [that/if] they (are going to) kill such a man/person. ⁷⁶

76. The translation is based on the Tu phrase here more than on the Ar one. I interpreted ᴬʳādamī as an – erroneous – doubling of the ᵀᵘādami. However, while the ending -i in the latter is the accusative suffix, marking a direct object, ‑ī in ᴬʳādamī may actually a nisbaʰ adjective, giving ‘human’. Thus, with a different phrasing, we may read: Ḥayf ʿalà hākaḏā! Ādamī, yaqtulū-h ‘What a pity (for such a thing)! (It’s a) human (being) that they are killing!’

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 7

انا سمعت مضغ اسنانه

mırmırladıġını ben işitdim

I heard him grinding his teeth.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 8

من كثر الكلام وجعنى راسي

çoḳ söylemekden başımı aġrıdı

From so much talking, my head aches.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 9

هذه المرضه مسكته من اربع اطرافه

bu ḫastălıḳ dört ṭarafından ṭutdı

This illness has taken hold of him [?] from all sides.

NB digi-ms p. 95-96

Early wisdom [61]–[70]

.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 10

الذي يعطي سلف يعطى مرتين

peşin veren iki kerĕ verir

He who lends gives twice.

NB digi-ms p. 95 • line 11

ان ضاع شي واحد اطلبه منك

bir şey ġayib olursă senden isterim

If anything is lost, I will ask it [back] from you.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 1-2

الجميل المليح الذي عملته لذاك كانك فعلتهُ لي

اڭا ايولك ايتوڴي كوياكي بڭا ايتدك
āña iyülik etdüğiñi güyāki baña etdiñ

The nice favour you (sg.) did for him, it is as if you did it for me.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 3-4

هذا اهلكنى

بو بنى هلاك ايتدي
bu beni halāk etdi

This [person?] has ruined me.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 5

لو ما يكون ذاك انا كنت اعرف شغلي

ol olmazsă[-y]dı ben işimi bilürdim

If it weren't for that, I would know my work.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 6

يقول المجنون يعتذر لخبثه

deli-dir diyo[r] yaramazliġini eʿteẕār eder

The madman apologizes for his malice.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 7

الصراخ بغير سبب جنون

sebeb-siz çaġırmaḳ delilikdir

Screaming for no reason is madness.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 8

يقف ثلث ساعات حتى يقضى شغل

üç sāʿată ṭurar tā işini bitsün

He stands [there] for three hours [doing nothing] until/before he completes the task.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 9

شغله وعمله الباين للشنق

işi güci hemān aṣılacaḳ-lamaḳdır¹⁰¹

101. Sic –اصلجق لمقدر , a strange (and ungrammatical) construction where a verbalizing infinitive suffix (-lamaḳ) is attached to a future tense verb (or participle, aṣılacaḳ).

His work and deeds are evidently [proof?] for hanging.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 10

من اي سبب صار هذا لازماً

işbu lāzım olan vücūbı nedendir

Why/For what reason did this become necessary?

NB digi-ms p. 96

Early wisdom [71]–[end]

.

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 11

من هذا الفعل علمت محبتك لي

bu etmekden baña sevmeğini¹⁰² bildim

102. Sic! The dative case in the personal pronoun (baña) seems to be a calque of ᴬʳlī (which essentially replaces the direct object after maḥabbt-ak as the maṣdar maḥabbaʰ cannot take more than one suffix). Sevmeğini, too, looks like a calque: it imitates the maṣdar maḥabbt-ak, unaware of the fact that the correct form should be sevdiğini (which actually could take a direct object: beni sevdiğini…).

From this act, I learned that you love me [lit., of your loving for me].

NB digi-ms p. 96 • line 12

هذا الشي ظهر منك عجب

işbu senden ẓuhūr eden şey ʿacabdır

This thing (that) appeared from you is surprising.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 1

من كلام احوال الابا

atalardan ḥālleri sözdir

From what is said about our forefathers’ life [lit., From the discourse/word(s) about the (fore)fathers’ conditions]

Proverbs [1]–[10]

.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 2

بيضة اليوم اخير من دجاجة غدا

bugünki yumurṭă yarınki ṭavuḳdan yeğdir

An egg today is better than a chicken tomorrow.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 3

من لم يعلم من القليل من الكثير ما يعلم شي

azdan bilmeyen çoġı hiç bilmez

He who does not learn from the little [that is], will not know anything about the larger things.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 4-5

اذا مات الرجل يبقى اسمه واذا مات الفرس يبقى الميدان (4)

(5) er ölür adı ḳalür aṭ ölürsĕ meydānı ḳalür

When a man dies, his name remains, (and) when a horse dies, the racecourse/hippodrome remains.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 6

من لم يقنع بالقليل فيما هو يطلب الاثنين فالواحد لن يوجده

\ az ḳanāʿat etmeyüb iki ister iken biri bulmaz / ¹⁰³

103. Written vertically on the margin – the writer seems to have forgotten to add the Turkish equivalent, and when he became aware of this he supplied the Turkish phrase on the margin.

Whoever is not content with little but asks for two things (at once), will/may not even find one.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 7-8

من لم يحسب العواقب ما له في الدهر صاحب

ʿavāḳıblară kim ḥesāb etmezsĕ dahrdă oña dost yoḳdır¹⁰⁴

104. Both under the last two letters of dost and the first two of yoḳdur are signs that look like ٨٨ or ˄˄. Meaning unclear.

Whoever does not consider the consequences will not have a companion in hardship.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 9

من لم يحسب تروح دقنه ملش [?]⁵⁰

50. Hava 1899 has (SyrAr) malašᵃ (u, malš) ‘to pluck off (the hair, the feathers)’.

ḥesābsız nĕ ṣaḳal var nā kösĕ¹⁰⁵

105. Sic, with double negation (nĕ… nā…) – which is somehow illogical, as ᵀᵘkösĕ (or ᵀᵘkūsĕ, re-imported from Persian where it is a loanword from Tu) is ‘a man whose beard will not grow or is very scanty’ (Redhouse 1890). Thus, the Tu phrase literally says *‘The one without reckoning is neither beard nor a beardless man’.

Whoever does not calculate, will lose his beard.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 10

المريض يسال عن الفرشه

ḫasteyĕ¹⁰⁶ ṣorar düşeğĕ

106. Sic (dative case) – erroneously for nominative ḫastĕ ? Confusion perhaps caused by following dative düşeğĕ.

The sick person asks for a cover/pillow.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 11

الحرامي يرافق حرامي مثله

ḫırsız ḫırsıză yoldaşdır

A thief accompanies [i.e., seeks the company of] a thief like himself.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 12

المحب يبكى العدو يضحك

dost aġlatdırır düşmān güldirir

A lover makes one cry, the enemy causes [one] to laugh.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 13

لا تعمل مع المحب اخذ وعطا

dost-lă alış veriş eylemĕ

Do not treat the one who loves [you] on a give-and-take basis.

Proverbs [11]–[20]

.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 14

المجنون كل يوم عنده عيد

deliyĕ her gün bayram

For the madman, every day is a feast.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 15

تكلم الكلام للنسا واشتغال الشغل للرجال

söz söylemek ʿavretlerĕ iş işlemek erlerĕ

Speaking words is for women, [but] doing work is [something] for men.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 16

بوس اللحا ضحك على اللحا

ṣaḳalınă öpæn ṣaḳalınă güler

ᴬʳKissing the beard is making fun of the beard / ᵀᵘThe one who kisses the beard makes fun of the beard.

NB digi-ms p. 97 • line 17

الندامة الاخيرة ما لها فايده

ṣon bişmanlıġı fāydĕ vermez

Late regret is of no use.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 1

الطير الغريب الله يعمل له عش

ġarīb ḳuşı yuvasını teñri¹⁰⁷ yapar

107. تڭري : written with initial t, not ṭ, therefore I transliterate teñri (or tæñri) rather than tañrı.

God provides a nest even for the strange(st) bird.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 2

حمار الأسود [sic!] اربطه في الباب

ḳară eşek ḳabudă baġlü

Tie a black donkey at the door!⁷⁷

77. The meaning of this saying remains obscure. The Tu phrase has بغلو baġlü (mod. Tu bağlı) ‘tied’ (adj.), not بغله/بغلا baġlă/baġla ‘tie!’ (imperative), so that the whole phrase literally translates as ‘The black donkey is tied at…’.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 3

الحمار الميت في الجبل يجى ضرره للبيت

eşek ṭaġdă ölür żararı evĕ gelür

The dead donkey in the mountain brings harm to the house [i.e., even if s.th. bad happens far away it will affect the situation back home].

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 4

فاعل المليح يوجد المليح⁵¹

51. Featuring on the left, in the "Turkish" column.

¹⁰⁸ iyülik eden iyülik bulur

108. Featuring on the right, in the "Arabic" column.

The one who does something good will find something good [i.e., you reap what you sow].

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 5

السبع الميت رسنه دقنه⁵²

52. Featuring on the left, in the "Turkish" column.

¹⁰⁹ ölæn aṣlană ṣaḳalını yularıdır

109. Featuring on the right, in the "Arabic" column.

A ᴬʳdead/ᵀᵘdying lion’s mane [lit., beard] is his halter [i.e., with death, previous symbols of power become a means of taming?].

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 6

الانف ما ينقطع من الوجه

burun yüzinden kesilmez

A nose never detaches from the face.

Proverbs [21]–[30]

.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 7

الراس ]الكبير [⁵³ كثير الاوجاع

53. The ms. has only الراس كثير الاوجاع , but if the meaning of the Ar phrase shall correspond to that of the Tu one, we will have to assume that al-kabīr was omitted erroneously.

büyük baş aġrımaġı büyükdir

A big head has many pains.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 8

الفرس الهبة ما يتطلع في اسنانه

baḫşīş aṭıñ dişlerinĕ baḳılmaz

A gift horse should not be looked at [i.e., critically examined] in its teeth [≈ Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth].

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 9

السمك ينتن من راسه

balıġı başından ḳoḳar

A fish rots from its head.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 10-11

اليوم لنا غدا لكم (10, centered)

(11, centered) bugün bizĕ yarın sizĕ

Today is for us, tomorrow is for you.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 12

الناقص يوجد النقص

kæmliği eden kemlik bulur¹¹⁰

110. Varying spelling within the same line: كاملكــى ايدن كملك بولور .

ᴬʳThe deficient finds deficiency / ᵀᵘOne who acts wickedly will encounter wickedness.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 13

ان لم يبكِ الولد امه لا تعطيه بز

oġlan aġlamayıncă anası memĕ vermez

If the child does not cry, his mother will not give him [her] breast.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 14

يا مسترخص اللحم عند المرقه تندم

et ucuz alan çorbasıdă bişmānlarsın

O you who asks for a cheap price of the meat, you’ll regret when you eat the soup.

NB digi-ms p. 98 • line 15

الشغل يروي بعضه

iş işĕ gösterir

Work reveals (lit., tells) itself / ᵀᵘWork shows itself through [lit., to] work.

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الصاحب القديم ما يصير عدو

eski dost düşmān olmaz

The old friend does not become an enemy.

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ما بين الرجال في فرق كثير

ādamlar arasındă çoḳ farḳı vardır

Among men, there are many differences [i.e., individuals can vary greatly in all kinds of personal traits].

Proverbs [31]–[40]

.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 1

[sic!]صاحب قديم وحمام قديمه

eski dost eski ḥamām

An old friend [has also] an old bathhouse.⁷⁸

78. Does that mean that an old bathhouse is as good and reliable as an old friend, or does it convey the sense of ‘if you have a good old friend you should accept that his bathhouse may be old (and not as good as one may wish for)’?

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ابعد عن العين بيسلاك الخاطر

gözden ıraḳ olan göñülden daḫi ıraḳdır

ᴬʳ[If you] Remove [something] from the eye, it will put your heart at ease. / ᵀᵘWhat is far from the eye is further from the heart.⁷⁹

79. Unlike our ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ (which tends to be used as a reproach for people who forgot their social obligations just because they were away) the Ar-Tu phrase seems to be meant as an advice for people who find it hard to bear something/someone is too close, so that distancing could be relieving.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 3

من القلب للقلب ساقيه

göñülden göñülinĕ yol vardır

From heart to heart, there is a conduit/way [i.e., heart speaks to heart].

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من يسكر بالدين يسكر مرتين

veræsiyĕ şarāb içæn iki kerĕ sarḫoş olur

Whoever ᴬʳgets drunk / ᵀᵘdrinks wine on credit gets drunk twice.

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(5, centered) يا الجمل يا الجمال

(6, centered) ya devĕ olă ya deveci

[You have to choose:] Either (be) the camel or the camel driver.

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شتم الاكابر العظما خطيه

akābir ölüler bad doʿā günāhdır

Insulting/Cursing the ᴬʳgreat/ᵀᵘdeceased ancestors is a sin.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 8

العدو الظاهر خير من الصاحب المخفي

aşkarĕ d¹¹¹ düşmān gizli dostdan yeğdir

111. Sic: اشكره د دشمان – the single d is obviously superfluous, and اشكره must be what is usually spelt آشكاره āşikārĕ (< Persian āškār) ‘manifest, evident, clear, open’.

The obvious enemy is better than the hidden friend.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 9

عدو عاقل اخير من صديقٍ جاهل

uṣlu düşmān cāhil düşmāndan¹¹² yeğdir

112. Given the Arabic counterpart, this should be dost ‘friend’ rather than düşmān ‘enemy’.

A wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend.

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كل انسان يرى عادته مليحه

her kişi kendü ʿādetin ḫoş görir

Everybody regards their habits as beautiful.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 11-12

الكبريا ردا الحق (11, centered)

(12, centered) kibriyālıḳ ḥaḳḳıñ ridāsıdır

Pride/Arrogance veils [lit., is the veil of] the truth.

Proverbs [41]–[end]

.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 13

راس الحكمة مخافة الرب

ḥekmatıñ/ḥikmetiñ başı ḫodānıñ ḳorḳusıdır

The top of wisdom is the fear of God.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 14

مَن ينظر عواقب الامور هو افهم الرجال

ümûrleriñ ṣonısı naẓar eden ol erlerden añlayıcıdır

Whoever looks at the consequences of things is the most understanding among people [lit., of the men].

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 15

مَن عرف ذاته عرف ربه ⁵⁴

54. Featuring on the left, in the "Turkish" column.

¹¹³ kim kendüñi bilen kendü teñrinĕ bilür

113. Featuring on the right, in the "Arabic" column.

He who knows himself knows his Lord/God.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 16

بلا الانسان من لسانه

kişiniñ belāsı dilden olur

A person’s desaster comes from his tongue.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 17

ما بين العوران اعور عينك

körleriñ arasındă göziñ kör eylĕ

Among ᴬʳthe one-eyed ones / ᵀᵘthe blind, make your [seeing] eye blind.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 18

مد رجلك على قدر بساطك

kelimiñ ḳadarıncă ayaḳıñ uzat

Adjust yourself according to your carpet’s size.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 19-20

النار فاكهة الشتا وان لم تصدق اصطلي (19)

(20) ateş ḳışıñ meyvĕsidir inanmazsan ısıt¹¹⁴

114. Spelt اِسّت .

Fire is the fruit of winter, and if you don’t believe, warm yourself up! [???]

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 21

حقًا صحبة الجاهل اقوي من نار جهنم

ḥaḳḳan kĕ cāhil ṣoḥbeti nāri¹¹⁵ cehennemden beter

115. Sic: نارى – erroneously instead of eżāfet (نارِ ...).

The company of an ignorant is indeed worse [lit., stronger] than the fire of hell.

NB digi-ms p. 99 • line 22-23

اذكر عواقبك في جميع افعالك فلن تخطى ابدًا

ʿāḳibetlerüñ bitün ʿamellerüñdĕ yād eylĕ hiç günāh etmezsin

Remember the consequences of your actions in all your deeds, so you will never commit a sin.

VOCABULARY ITEMS 1:1

.

NB digi-ms p. 100 • line 1

في بيان ذكر الاعضا التى في ظاهر الانسان

–

Visible body parts

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 2-3

الراس

الدماغ

الكله

الشعر

الجبين

الحاجب

ḳaş

alın

ḳıl

alḳarʿă ¹¹⁶

beyni

baş

116. Ar al-qarʿaẗ = ‘gourd, pumpkin; skull; head’.

eyebrow

forehead

hair

skull

brain

head

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 4-5

العين

الجفن

الهدب

انسان العين

الدان

الانف

burun

ḳulaḳ

göz bebeği

kirpik

göz ḳapaġı

göz

nose

ear

pupil (of the eye)

eyelash

eyelid

eye

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 6-7

الخد

الشارب

الشفه

السن

الضرس

الحلق

boġaz

övüdek¹¹⁷ dişi

diş

dudaḳ

bıyıḳ

yañaḳ

117. Unusual orthography: اودك – one is tempted to read ödek, which, however, doesn’t make any sense. The modern Turkish term for ‘molar’ is övütücü.

throat

molar (tooth)

tooth

lip

mustache

cheek

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 8-9

الفم

الخيشوم

سقف الحلق

لهات⁵⁵

المخ

الدقن

الرقبة

55. Modern orthography لهاة lahāẗ ‘uvula’.

boyun

ṣaḳal

ilik

dilcik

ṭamāġ

geñiz

ağız

chin

beard

brain,marrow

uvula

palate

nostril

mouth

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 10-11

العنق

الزلعوم

الكتف

العضد

الساعد

اليد

el

bileği

ḳol

omuz

ḫırtlaḳ

gerdān

hand

ᴬʳforearm / ᵀᵘwrist

upper arm

shoulder

Adam’s apple

neck

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 12-13

المعصم

الاصبع

المرفق

راحة الكف

الكف

الباهم

ulu parmaḳ

avuç

el ayası

dirsek

parmaḳ

bazu ¹¹⁸

118. ᵀᵘbāzū, modern Tu pazı ‘upper arm’.

thumb

hand

palm (of the hand)

elbow

finger

wrist

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 14-15

السبابه

الوسطا

الخنصر

الظفر

الصدر

البز

memĕ

göğüs

ṭırnaḳ

küçek parmaḳ

ortă parmaġı

işāret parmaġı

breast

chest

fingernail

ring? finger

middle finger

index finger

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 16-17

البطن

الصرة⁵⁶

الظهر

الصلب

الفقار

الفخد

الركبه

56. Sic, with erroneous ṣ instead of non-emphatic s. Given the Turkish göbek ‘navel’, the Arabic should be السرّة .

diz

bud

aya [?]

bel

arḳa

göbek

ḳarın

knee

thigh

spine

waist

back

navel

abdomen

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 18-19

بطن الساق

الساق

الرجل

الجنب

الكرعوب⁵⁷

اسفل القدم

القدم

57. ᵀᵘbāzū, modern Tu pazı ‘upper arm’.

adım

ṭaban

topuḳ

yan

ayaḳ

bacaḳ

baldır

foot

sole of foot

ankle, heel

side,flank

foot

shin?leg

calf (of foot)

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 20-21

العانه

المقعده

خلف

قدام

شمال

يمين

فوق

üst

ṣaġ

ṣol

öñ

ard

oṭuraḳ

ḳasıḳ

above/upper side

right

left

front

back/behind

buttocks (part on which one sits)

groin

NB digi-ms p. 100 • lines 22

تحت

الكعب

alt

āşıḳ¹¹⁹

119. (Erroneously?) written عاشق (‘lover’) instead of usual آشق/آشيق . The spelling with ع wrongly suggests an Arabic etymology.

heel?knuckle(bones)

below/lower part

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 1-2

العصب

الضلع

الخاسرة

الشحم

الكلوه

العرق

المخاط

sümük

ṭamar

böğrek

iç yaġı

yan

aygı

siñir

mucus

sweat

kidney

fat (adipose tissue)

waistline

rib

nerve

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 3-4

الدم

القيح

المعلاق

القلب

الريه

المراره

المصران

baġırsaḳ

öd

şiş

yüræk

ciğer

iriñ

ḳan

vein

gallbladder

lung

heart

vital parts, pluck⁸⁰

pus

blood

80. For ᴬʳmiʿlāq, Hava 1899 has ‘the vital parts; heart, spleen, liver, lungs’. – ᵀᵘciğer can be both, ‘liver’ and ‘lungs’.

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 5-6

الطحال

الجسد

الروح

فصل

المنسوب كلٌ بزمانه لمكانه

zamān ilĕ mekānă mensūb olan

–

cān

ten

ṭalaḳ ¹²⁰

120. I.e., modern Tu dalak.

each attributed to its time and place

chapter

spirit,soul

body

spleen

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 7-8

صيف

شتا

خريف

ربيع

برد

حر

هوا

ريح

ارض

yer

yel

rüzgâr

ṣıcaḳ

ṣavuḳ

bahār

güz

ḳış

yaz

earth,ground

wind

air

hot

cold

spring

autumn,fall

winter

summer

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 9-10

مطر

بوران

بَرَد

ندا

ثلج

جليد

زميته

تراب

ṭopraḳ

pus

buz

ḳar

çih ¹²¹

ṭolu

dipi ¹²²

yaġmur

121. I.e., modern Tu çiy. 122. I.e., modern Tu tipi.

soil

mist, haze, slight fog ⁸¹

ice

snow

dew

hail

snow-, hailstorm

rain

81. Translation based on ᵀᵘpus. I have been unable so far to identify the Ar counterpart.

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 11-12

غبار

رمل

جبل

تل

وادى

طلعه

نزله

حجر

ṭaş

iniş

yoḳış

derĕ

tepĕ

ṭaġ

ḳum

toz

rock

descent

slope, incline

valley

hill

mountain

sand

dust

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 13-14

سما

نجم

ثريا

درب تبانه

قمر

كونش⁵⁸

ليل

نهار

يوم

58. By mistake, the Tu term, güneş, features in the Ar line, and vice versa.

gün

gündüz

gecĕ

šams¹²³

ay

ṣaman uġrısı

ülker

yıldız

gök

123. By mistake, the Ar term features in the Tu line, and vice versa.

day

daytime

night

sun

moon

milky way

Pleiades

star

sky

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 15-16

طين

وحل

كلس

قرميد

جمعه

شهر

سنه

ساعه

ربع ساعه

çeyrek

m¹²⁴

yıl

ay

haftă

kirpiç

kireç

baṭaḳ

çamur

124. The letter م seems to be an abbreviation for مضعف muḍaʿʿaf, meaning ‘ditto, the same (as above, in the Ar line)’. See below, note on NB digi-ms p. 106, line 21.

quarter (of an hour)

hour

year

month

week

roof tile

lime

mud

clay

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 17-18

ذهب

فضه

نحاس

قزدير

حديد

رصاص

زيبق

توج

شجر

aġaç

ṭū[n]c

cıvă

ḳurşun

demür

ḳalay

baḳır

gümüş

altun

tree

bronze

mercury

lead

iron

tin

copper

silver

gold

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 19-20

غصن

ورق

زهر

فاكهة

فج

مستوي

طري

ندي

خشن

iri

yaş

tazĕ

bişmiş

ḫām

meyvĕ

çiçek

yapr[āḳ]¹²⁵

budaḳ

125. The actual entry looks defective (only يپر), lacking final āḳ. Given the meaning of the corresponding ᴬʳwaraq and the first three letters of the Tu word, it should with all likelihood be yaprāḳ.

rough, raw

dewy

soft

ripe, smooth

cleft, crevice?

fruit

flower

leaf

branch

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 21-22

بحر

بر

ماء

نهر

ساقيه

مركب

پنس

مرسى

صاري

قلع

yelken

direk

lenger

ḳayıḳ

gemi

arġ

çay¹²⁶

ṣu

ḳară

deñiz

126. ارغ , usually written آرق . While the Turkish word means ‘trench dug for water to flow in for irrigation, etc.’ (Redhouse1890), the Arabic sāqiyaʰ usually signifies a large irrigation wheel.

sail

mast,pole

anchor

boat

ship

ᴬʳirrigation wheel / ᵀᵘirrigation trench, canal

ᴬʳriver / ᵀᵘrivulet

water

land, shore

sea

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 23-24

مقداف

الدفه

الخك

حبل المرسى

موخر

عنبر

بنديره

الريس

ḳabṭān

bayraḳ

anbar

ḳıç

ʿmtna

ḳıblĕ-nāmĕ¹²⁷

duman

kürek

127. Redhouse1968: var. of ḳıblĕnümă ‘compass with the card so constructed as to show the direction of Mecca; mariner’s compass’.

captain

flag, banner, colours

stern

mooring line

helm, rudder

compass

smoke, fog, mist

oar, paddle

NB digi-ms p. 101 • lines 25-26

البرق

الموجه

صاعقه

الندا

çih ¹²⁸

yıldırım

ṭalās

şimşek

128. I.e., modern Tu çiy.

dew

thunderbolt, lightning strike

wave

lightning

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 1-2

مطلع الشمس

مغيب الشمس

سمك اسود

سمك ابيض

سمك مابوج

şilān (şeylān?) balıġı

beyāż balıġı

siyāh balıġı

gün batduġı

gün ṭoġısı

mackerel ? ⁸²

white fish

black fish

sunset

sunrise

82. Wiki has Ar šīlān = Engl ‘Synodontis schall, Wahrindi, a species of catfish widespread in northern Africa’

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 3-4

سمك حيات

سمك قشر

سمك الرش

سمك احمر

سمك اختبوط

زلحف

ḳurbaġa

parmaḳ balıġı

morcān balıġı

ḳalkān balıġı

yol (pul?) balıġı

ılan balıġı

turtle

sea bream

red snapper

red sea bream

ᵀᵘturbot

crustacean, shellfish

catfish

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 5-6

ضفدع

سمك السبت

سمك بساري

سمك قبوضي

سمك حنكليز

سمك شلبه

smz balıġı

ingil balıġı

buri balıġı

küçek balıġı

çift balıġı

tosbaġa

sole fish

parrotfish

gruntfish

silver biddy

sabre, squirrelfish

frog

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 7-8

بتارخ⁵⁹

سرطان⁶⁰

بحر مالح

بحر الحلو

عين سودا

عين شهلا

عين حمرا

59. Sic, with ت t instead of else usual ط ṭ . Morphologically, the term is a broken plural of sg. baṭraḫ. 60. By a mistake, the Ar term features in the Tu line.

ḳırmızı göz

ala göz

ḳara göz

tatlı deñiz

acı deñiz

lengeç¹²⁹

balıḳ yumurṭăsı

129. By a mistake, the Tu term features in the Ar line.

red eye

ᴬʳdark blue mixed with red / ᵀᵘbrown eye

black eye

sweetwater

saltwater

ᴬʳcancer /ᵀᵘcrayfish

roe

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 9-10

عين حولا

عين عورا

عين عميا

⁶¹ بعض طيور ووحوش اسمالرين⁶² كل باسمه

61. Due to change of topic the Arabic text that follows is written in red and the corresponding Turkish in black. 62. esmāların: The author mixes up Arabic and Turkish for a moment here. The intended meaning seems to be: ‘Names of some birds and wild animals, one by one (kullᵘⁿ bi-smih)’.

baʿżi ḳuşlar ve canāvarlar adların beyānıdır

kör

bir-gözlü

şaşı göz

Names of some birds and beasts

blind

one-eyed

cross-eyed

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 11-12

الطير

الوحش

بوم

الحدا⁶³

ام الحنا

الهدهد

الحمام

العصفور

الجناح

63. Standard spelling would be حدأة ḥidʾaʰ or حداية ḥidāyaʰ (pl. ḥidaʾ, ḥidāʾ, ḥidʾān).

ḳanat

serçe

güğerçin

şibik ¹³⁰

ḳına anası¹³¹

çaylaḳ

bayḳuş

cānăvār

ḳuş

130. Hypothetical voweling. I was unable to identify this شبك in the dictionaries. The closest matches I found were ايبك ibik (Redhouse 1890), or ibibik (tr.wiki) ‘hoopoe’, a Tu term which in modern Tu is mostly replaced by the Ar loanword hüdhüd, or hüthüt. 131. ᵀᵘḳına anası, lit., ‘mother of henna’, seems to be a loan translation (calque) from the Ar term, ᴬʳumm al-ḥinnā.

wing

sparrow

dove

hoopoe

pigeon

kite

owl

wild animal

bird

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 13-14

الكركي

البط

الوز

الدجاج

الديك

الحجل

الزرزور

النسر

ṭavşancıl

ṣığırcıḳ

keklik

ḫoros

ṭavuḳ

ördek

ḳaz

ṭurnă

eagle

starling

partridge, mountain quail

rooster

chicken

goose

duck

crane

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 15-16

صقر

زاغ

خطيف

النحل

فراشه

جراد

برغوت

بق

دبان

sinek

suri sinek

pirĕ

çekirgĕ

pervānĕ

arı

ḳırlanġıç

ḳarġa

doġan

tick

bedbug

flea

grasshopper

butterfly

bee

cute

crow

falcon

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 17-18

النعامه

طير الما

غنم

كبش

خاروف

معز

تيس

ارنب

غزال

القرن

boynuz

ceyrān

tavşan

teki¹³²

keçi

ḳuzı

koç

ḳoyun

anḳıṭ¹³³

devĕ-ḳuşı

132. Sic: تكي , instead of standard تكه tekĕ. 133. Sic: انقط , instead of standard آنغد , آنغت , or also آنقد آنقت .

horn

gazelle

rabbit

billy goat

goat

lamb

ram

sheep

ᴬʳ??? ⁸³ / ᵀᵘruddy goose, ruddy shelduck

ostrich

83. ᴬʳṭayr al-mā(ʾ), lit., ‘water bird’, seems to be a regional/local term for a specific kind of bird. We cannot be sure that it is the same as ᵀᵘanḳıṭ (anġıd), but perhaps it is.

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 19-20

خنزير

اريل

معز جبلي

بقر

جاموس

تور

قنفذ

سبع

نمر⁶⁴

64. By a mistake, the Ar term features in the Tu line.

ḳablān¹³⁴

aṣlan

çnry? çyzy? ¹³⁵

ṣıġır

ṣu sıġırı

inek

dağ keçisi

ṣıġın

doñuz

134. By a mistake, the Tu term features in the Ar line. It is more commonly spelt with p : قپلان ḳaplan. 135. ‘Hedgehog’ in Tu is typically kirpi. But this cannot be what is meant with چينرى or چيزى (unclear reading)… So, what, actually, is it?

leopard, panther

lion

hedgehog⁸⁴

bull

buffalo

cow

mountain goat

(kind of) gazelle, deer, eland⁸⁵

pig

84. ‘Hedgehog’ translates ᴬʳqunfuḏ. The reading of the Tu equivalent is not clear. 85. For ᴬʳʾaryal one finds ‘cerf’ (deer) (Dozy ²1927) or ‘Soemmerring’s gazelle, Abyssinian mohr’ (wiki.en, corresponding to the Ar term). In contrast, ᵀᵘṣıġın is ‘elk, moose’ in most dictionaries, even of Ottoman Turkish. The closest match here is probably ‘eland’ (Redhouse 1890), which commonly refers to "a genus of giant antelopes of the African savanna" (see Taurotragus in en.wiki).

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 21-22

تعلب

فهد

دب

سعدان

واوي

ديب

دود

عرسه

gelincik

ḳurd

ḳarăḳulaḳ

maymūn

ayü

pars

dilki

weasel

worm

wolf

ᴬʳjackal / ᵀᵘkarakol, lynx

monkey

bear

cheetah

fox

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 23-24

كلب

قط

حيه

عقرب

ام٤٤

خنفسه

علق

فسفس

فاره

ṣıçan

taḫtă biti

sülük

böcek

çıyan

aḳreb

ılan

kedi

it

mouse,rat

bedbug

tick

beatle

centipede, chilopoda

scorpion

snake

cat

dog

NB digi-ms p. 102 • lines 25-26

قمله

نمله

حية الشمس

أبو برص

فصل في بيان حسن الانسان وقبح

kişiniñ gü[zel]liği¹³⁶ ham iḥtiyācı beyānıdır

kestenkelĕ ¹³⁷

güneş ılanı

karınca

bit

136. Unclear reading due to author’s emendation written over original text. The original looks like كولجي (which indeed does not give much sense), the emended form is كولكي (where the writer probably forgot to add ز , as it should be كوزلكي ‘beauty’, corresponding to the Arabic ḥusn). 137. Sic: كستنكله , for standard كرتنكله kertenkelĕ.

Chapter: List [of words] about human beauty and ugliness leprous

ᴬʳgecko / ᵀᵘlizard

sun spider (solifugae)

ant

louse

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 1-2

حيه

زنبور

قراد

عنكبوت

|

ما يحتاج اليه الانسان من الالوان والعيوب

kişiniñ ʿayıbları ve iḥtiyac olan rengileri

|

örümcek

kenĕ

arı

ılan

Varieties of man’s deficiencies and needs

|

spider

tick

wasp

snake, serpent

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 3-4

الحلو

الحامض

المالح

المر

ابيض

اسود

احمر

اصفر

ṣarı

ḳızıl

^\ḳară/siyāh

aḳ

acı

ṭuzlı

eşki

ṭatlı

yellow

red

black

white

bitter

salty

sour

sweet

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 5-6

ازرق

اخضر

بنفسجي

زيتي

زرعي

وردي

كحلي

ازرق صافي

süt māwī

mavi

al

çlpī neftisi

ḳară nefti

mor

yæşil

gök

light (sky)blue

dark (blue), navy blue

crimson, rosy

ᴬʳ(lit.) agricultural (green) / ᵀᵘbrownish green (R² for just nefti)

(ᴬʳlit., oilish), dark green, naphtha-colored

violet-coloured, purple

green

blue

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 7-8

في بيان ما يلبسه الانسان

القاوق

الشاش

العمامة

الطاقيه

˅rḳçin

dülbend

ṣarıḳ

ḳavuḳ

kişiniñ giyinmiş adlarıñ beyānıdır

cap, skullcap, kipa

turban

ᴬʳcap (of judges), ᵀᵘquilted turban

List of terms of clothing

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 9-10

القميص

الكم

اللباس

الشخشير⁶⁵

التكه

القنباز

الرستميه⁶⁶

الزنار

65. Cf. Dozy ²1927 (s.v. šḫšr): "شخشور et شخشير, pl. شَخاشِير (turc چَقْشِير , ou mieux چاقْشِر) ‘chausses, haut-de-chausses, pantalon en étoffe légère, joint à des chaussures de peau’." 66. Dozy ²1927 has rustāmiyyaʰ ‘soutane (habit long des prêtres)’.

ḳuşaḳ

ḳbma

yelek

uçḳur

ṭumān

ṭon

yeñ

gömlek

belt, girdle

ᴬʳcassock, soutane / ᵀᵘouterwear, overcoat

ᴬʳtunic, long robe-like garment / ᵀᵘvest, waistcoat

(H) trousers-band, (R) the long and broad band with which eastern trowsers or drawers are bound round the waist; waist-string.

trousers, pants with wide legs

garment, clothing

sleeve

shirt

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 11-12

الخاتم

الزر

العروه

العب

الياقه

المركوب

القلپق

الخف

çedik

ḳalpaḳ

papuç

yaḳă

ḳoban ???

ilik

düğmĕ

yüzük

(H) boots in yellow leather / (R) kind of light boot of morocco, with a thin sole, worn in the house by ladies⁸⁶

cap, hat

footwear, shoes, boots ??? H: shoes

collar

collar ???⁸⁷

loop, (loop used as) buttonhole

button

ring

86. Redhouse further explains: "a soled slipper or overshoe is worn over it on going out-of doors". 87. For ᴬʳʿubb, Hava 1899 has ‘neck of a sleeve; waistcoast-pocket; armpit, breast’.

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 13-14

السرموجه

القبقاب

المنديل

البغمه

الجنازير

الصوار⁶⁷

الحلق

خلخال

67. Sic! Misspelling with emphatic ص ṣ instead of non-emphatic س s ; ‘bracelet’ is سوار siwār ~ suwār.

ayaḳ bendi

küpĕ

bilæzik

zincirler

gerdān

çit

naʿlān

başmaḳ

(silver) anklet

earring

bracelet

chains

necklace (of pearls)

handkerchief, scarf, (R) chintz

wooden clog

(H) boots, gaiters, (R) shoe, slipper

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 15-16

في بيان اسما الانسان واقرباه واوصافه

الرجل

الانسان

المزوج

الذكر

erkek

er

kişi

ādam

kişiniñ adları ve aḳrıbası ve vaṣfı beyānıda

man, male

(married) man, husband, spouse

person, human being, someone

man

List of nouns for humans, relatives, and their traits

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 17-18

الانثى

المراة

العروس

العريس

الابن

البنت

الاخ

الأخت

ḳız-ḳardæş

ḳardæş

ḳız

oġul

kükü

gælin

ʿavrat

dişi

sister

brother

girl, daughter

son

bridegroom

bride

woman, wife

woman, female

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 19-20

الصبي

الولد

العم

العمه

الخال

الخالة

الاب

الوالد

الوالده

annæ

ata

baba

tæyzĕ

ṭayı

ʿammati

am(m)

uşaḳ

oġlan

mother

father

dad, papa

aunt (mother’s sister)

uncle (mother’s brother)

aunt (father’s sister)

uncle (father’s brother)

boy

boy, young man

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 21-22

الربيب

الربيبه

السهر⁶⁸

الشاب

الشيخ

العجوز

السيد

الست

68. Sic! Misspelling with س s instead of correct emphatic ص ṣ : الصهر .

ḳadün

aġa

ḳocăḳarı

ḳocaman

yiğit

yeniştĕ

üğeyi ḳız

üğeyi oġul

lady

master

old woman

old man

young man, adult

son-in-law

stepdaughter

stepson

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 23-24

المملوك

الجاريه

العبدة

العتق

الاسم

الطويل

القصير

الكبير

büyük

kıṣă

uzun

ad

azad

ḳarāvaş

ḫalāyıḳ

kölĕ

big, elder

short, younger

long, tall

name

freed (slave)

female slave, servant, maid

maidservant, slave girl

servant, slave

NB digi-ms p. 103 • lines 25-26

الصغير

مربوع القامة

العريض

قليل العرض

الممدود

العالي

واطى

الخفيف

yini

alçaḳ

yüksek

değirmi

ensiz

enli

ortăboylı

küçek

light, lightweight

low

high, tall

stretched, elongated

narrow, slender

broad, wide

of medium height

small, young

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 1-2

تقيل

سمين

نحيف

ضعيف

رفيع

تخين

الخشن

الناعم

yumuşaḳ

iri

ḳalın

incĕ

zebun

arıḳ

semiz

aġır

soft, smooth

coarse, rough

thick

thin, fine

weak

lean, thin, slender

thick, fat, plump

heavy

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 3-4

الرطب

الطري

عميق

جوره

مخلط

بعيد

قريب

داخل

içerdĕ

yaḳın

ıraḳ

ḳarışıḳ

çuḳr

deriñ

tazĕ

yaş

inside

near, close

far, distant

mixed, blended

pit, hole

deep

ᴬʳtender, soft / ᵀᵘfresh

wet, moist

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 5-6

خارج

غالي

رخيص

بلاش

مجاناً

المليح

كويس

المحسن

dilber

güzel

iyü

raygān

müft

ucuz

bahālı

ṭışar[ıd]a

ᴬʳbenevolent, gooddoer / ᵀᵘheart-captivating, beloved

beautiful, fine

good, nice

gratis, for free

cheap

expensive

outside

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 7-8

الجيد

قبيح

العاطل

ضد العاطل

النى

المستوي

جيعان

شبعان

toḳ

aç

pişmiş

çiğ

yaramaz

fenā

çirkin

gökçek

full, satisfied (after eating)

hungry

cooked, done

raw

ᴬʳ (opposite of ʿāṭil)⁸⁸ / ᵀᵘuseless, good-for-nothing

bad, (H) destitute of good qualities, worthless

ugly, bad

ᴬʳof good quality, excellent / ᵀᵘpretty, pleasant

88. It is not clear how ᴬʳ‘the opposite of ʿāṭil’ can have ᵀᵘyaramaz as its equivalent. Probably, the author thought that ᴬʳʿāṭil may mean both ᵀᵘfena ‘bad’ and ᵀᵘyaramaz ‘good-for-nothing’ (i.e., bad in a moral sense) but didn’t write the two together under ᴬʳʿāṭil so that the space under ᴬʳḍidd al-ʿāṭil seemed already occupied.

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 9-10

عطش

يابس/ناشف

قبل

بعد

صعب

هين

مهل

كثير

قليل

az

çoḳ

yavaş

ḳolay

güç

ṣoñră

öñerdĕ/evvel

ḳurı

ṣusız

little

much

slow

easy

difficult

after, later

in front of / before

dry

thirsty

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 11-12

مريض

طيب

نظيف

وسخ

عدو

محب

جديد

عتيق

eski

yeñi

dost

düşmān

kir

temiz

ṣaġ

ḫastĕ

old

new

friend(ly), befriended

enimy, inimical

dirty

clean

good, sound

sick

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 13-14

واسع

ضيق

نجس

طاهر

زايد

ناقص

شرير

خير

غريب

yād ^\yābāncı/

iylik

kæmlik

eksik

artıḳ

pāk

mordār

ṭar

bol

strange, foreign

good, benevolence

evil, wicked (ᵀᵘ‑ness)

lacking, deficient, too little

excess, extra, too much

pure, clean

filthy, impure, unclean

tight, narrow

wide, spacious

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 15-16

قريب

اعوج

مستقيم

احدب

اعرج

مكرسح

اطرش

اكتع

منكوش

gedik

elsiz

ṣağır

kötürüm

aḳsaḳ

ḳanbūr

ṭoġrı

eğri

ḫiṣm

tousled, disheveled ???⁸⁹

ᴬʳone-armed, one-handed / ᵀᵘwithout hand

deaf

crippled

lame, limping

hunchbacked, humpbacked

straight

crooked, bent

close, near

89. Cf. ^Syrᴬʳnakaša ‘to dig up (the ground)’ (H), ᵀᵘgedik ‘ notched; chipped in the edge; broken or cracked in the edge or summit, ridge, etc.’ (R).

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 17-18

اخرس

⁶⁹ التغ

اقرع

اعسر

ابهل⁷⁰

مجنون

متساوى

ايمان

طربوش

69. Standard ᴬʳʾalṯaġ (as in Hava 1899). 70. Erroneously for ابله ? – Cf., however, ᴬʳbuhlūl ‘laugher; (SyrAr) fool, stupid’ (H), from the same root.

fæs

and

berāber

dæli

ebleh

ṣolaḳ

kæl

peltek

dilsiz

fez

oath

balanced

mad, insane

clumsy, awkward, stupid

left-handed

bald

ᴬʳmispronouncing the letter rāʾ / ᵀᵘstuttering, lisping, stammering

mute

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 19-20

سكران

دايخ

ملان

فارغ

بلا طعم

مز

خساره

فايده

مبتلى

mübtelā

aṣı

ziyān

ḫū-ṭatlı

ṭatsız

boş

ṭolı

bunāmış¹³⁸

sarḫoş

138. ? – spelt بنامش . Usual spelling would be بوڭامش .

afflicted, troubled

benefit

loss, damage

ᴬʳsour; tasteless / ᵀᵘbad-tasting???⁹⁰

tasteless

empty

full

ᴬʳdizzy, giddy / ᵀᵘstupefied (with smoke, trouble, talk)

drunk

90. I was unable to identify خوطاتلي in any of my dictionaries, but the second component is clearly ṭatlı ‘with a … taste’. In order to be equivalent to ᴬʳmuzz ‘sour’, the first component (خو...) should have a negative sense – but what could that be? I assume that ᵀᵘḫū-ṭatlı is formed in analogy to ᵀᵘḫuy-lu ‘bad tempered’, where ᵀᵘḫu(y), originally (rather neutral) ‘habit, temper, disposition’, but then also ‘bad habit’.

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 21-22

في بيان المسكن وما يتعلق به

المدينه

القريه

سوق

حاره

الصوقاق⁷¹

الباب

71. Interestingly enough, the Ar term for ‘alley’ is given as a loanword here, not in the Ar form zuqāq.

kapu

ṣoḳaḳ

maḥallĕ

çarşı

köy

şehir

mesken olan ve āña müteʿalliḳ beyānıdır

door, gate

alley

neighbourhood, quarter

market

village

town

Dwelling and what is related to it

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 23-24

البيت

العتبه

الجدار

الاساس

الحايط

الحوش

السلم

القصر

الـشباك الطاقه

pençerĕ

köşk

merdivæn

ḥavlı

dīvar

him¹³⁹

temel

eşik

ev

139. According to Redhouse 1968 a "prov[incial]" term, borrowed from "Arm[enian]".

window⁹¹

ᴬʳpalace, castle / ᵀᵘvilla, summerhouse, pavilion

stairs, staircase

courtyard

wall

foundation, base

ᴬʳwall⁹² / ᵀᵘfoundation, base

threshold

house

91. The value ‘loophole, window, air-hole’ of ᴬʳṭāqaʰ is marked as Syrian Arabic in Hava 1899. 92. Given ᵀᵘtemel as equivalent to ᴬʳǧidār we can assume that the latter is meant in the sense of ‘foundations, foundational wall’, as distinguished from ᴬʳḥāyiṭ / ᵀᵘdīvar ‘(all other kinds of) wall, wall in general’, in the same line.

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 25-26

المربع

بيت الراحه

السقف

السطح

التقل

المفتاح

الطريق

الخريستان⁷²

72. Hava 1899 has (SyrAr) خُرِستان ḫuristān ‘cupboard in a wall; closet’.

dolab

yol

anaḫtar

kilit

ṭam

rüstāḳ

adab-ḫānĕ

çardaḳ

cupboard

road, path

key

lock

roof

ceiling⁹³

restroom, toilet

chartaq⁹⁴

93. ‘Ceiling’ translates ᴬʳsaqf. For ᵀᵘrüstāḳ (obviously a borrowing from Persian), which the phrasebook gives as equivalent, the Redhouse dictionaries register only the value ‘cultivated rural district with villages etc.; village’; but this does not seem to be the intended meaning here. 94. ᴬʳmurabbaʿ imitates the Persian origin of ᵀᵘçardaḳ, which is ᴾᵉčārṭāq, from čahār ‘four’ and ṭāq ‘arch, vault, niche; window, air-hole’, in that ᴬʳmurabbaʿ contains ᴬʳʾarbaʿ ‘four’. The term refers to a raised, covered ("roofed") platform, built on four poles and/or with four openings ("windows"), an elevated outdoor space, "terrace", or "balcony", associated with leisure or relaxation.

NB digi-ms p. 104 • lines 27-28

الفراش

لحاف

ملايه

مخده

مرتبه

بساط

قياس

لباد

كرسي

مكنسه

süpürgĕ

sikemlĕ

keçĕ

yan

kelim

minder

yaṣdıḳ

çarşaf

yorġan

döşek

broom

chair

felt

???⁹⁵

carpet, rug

matress

pillow

bed sheet

quilt

bed

95. The reading of both ᴬʳqiyās and ᵀᵘyan is unambiguous, but each has a rather large spectrum of possible meanings (none of which seems to match any other in the other language) so that it is hard to tell what is intended here.

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 1-2

طنفسه

مرايه

مكحله

مشط

سفنجه

رف

جرّه

جب

kıyu

desti

m

süngir

ṭaraḳ

sürmæ-ḳabı¹⁴⁰

āyinĕ

ḫalı

140. Spelt سورماقابي (instead of more usual سورمه... or سرمه... ).

well

jar

ᴬʳshelf / ᵀᵘ???

sponge

comb

kohl (collyrium) container

mirror

mat, rug, carpet

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 3-4

خابيه

وعا

غربال

منخل

حَله

قدر

دست

ḳazan

çömlek

tencerĕ

elek

ḳarbol¹⁴¹

ḳab

küp

141. Sic – قربول , with metathesis for more common قلبور ḳalbūr ‘rimmed sieve with coarse meshes’. Both are variants of the Ar loanword غربال ġırbāl.

cauldron, large kettle, boiler

cooking pot, kettle

pot

strainer, sifter, fine sieve

sieve

receptable, container, vessel

large earthenware jar, vat, typically used for storing liquids or grains

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 5-6

مغرفه

مقشه

معلقه

تفايه⁷³

كانون

نار

دخان

73. Sic – تفايه , with non-emphatic ت instead of standard ط ṭ (√ṬFʾ/Y).

tütün

ateş

saksı

ocaḳ

ḳaşıḳ

kefgir

çemçĕ¹⁴²

142. Rare for more usual çömçĕ, or çamçaḳ.

tobacco

fire

ᴬʳfire-pot; warmer (H); ᵀᵘflowerpot, vase (R²)

ᴬʳashtray / furnace, ᵀᵘhearth, kiln, fireplace

spoon

ᴬʳwicker-broom (H); ᵀᵘskimmer, perforated ladle (R²)

large wooden ladle (used for serving soups or stews)

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 7-8

رماد

قداحه

صوفان

سكرجه

فانوس

سراج

مسرجه

çırāġdān

çırāġ

fener

çanaḳ

ḳav

çaḳmaḳ

kül

oil-lamp

lamp

lantern

(earthenware) saucer, bowl, pot

tinder, touchwood (used for starting fires)

lighter, fire starter

ash

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 9-10

طشت

ابريق

علبه ما

عدل

خرج

دقيق

عجين

ḫamūr

un

heğbĕ

çuval

ṣu-destĕsi

m

leğen

dough

flour

saddle-bag

bundle, bag, sack

water bottle

pitcher, jug

large bowl, bassin

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 11-12

خبز

ملح

برغل

بصل

توم

حطب

فحم

كبريت

kükürd

kömür

oṭun

ṣarmısaḳ

ṣoġan

burġul

tuz

etmek

sulphur

charcoal

firewood

garlic

onion

bulgur

salt

bread

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 13-14

قمح

شعير

عدس

حمص

رز

فول

ضرَى

لوبيه

böğrülcĕ

ṭarı

baḳlă

birinc

noḫud

mercimek

arpa

buġday

kidney beans

millet

fava beans

rice

chickpeas

lentils

barley

wheat

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 15-16

ماش

شمره

سمسم

زعتر

جبن

فى بيان اسامى ما يرتكب من الدواب

binilen duvarlardan adları beyānidir

peynir

ṣaʿtar

susam

rāziyānĕ

mncw

mounts, riding animals

cheese

thyme

sesame

fennel

Indian peas, Indian pulse (?)

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 17-18

الحصان

الفرس

المهر

الحجره

البغل

الجمل

الحمار

العجل

الجدي

oġlaḳ

buzaġı

eşek

devĕ

ḳatır

ḳasırġă¹⁴³

ṭay

aṭ

ayḳır

143. Sic! Erroneously for قيصر(ا)ق ḳıṣraḳ ‘mare’. ᵀᵘḳasırġă actually means ‘whirlwind, cyclone’.

kid (young goat)

calf

donkey

camel

mule

mare

foal

horse

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 19-20

سنام الجمل

الذنب

الصوف

القطن

الزبل

اصطبل

منساس

şadı (?)

aḫur

fışḳı

penpĕ

yüñ

ḳuyruḳ

ergiç

neat-herd’s staff⁹⁶

stable

manure, dung

cotton

wool

tail

hump (of a camel)

96. Meaning uncertain, due to uncertain reading of the Ar term (could also be something like منشاس or نسناس). ‘Neat-herd’s staff’ is what Hava 1899 gives for ᴬʳminsās (√NSS). The Tu term given as equivalent does not help to clarify things; although the reading شادي is unambiguous I was unable to identify any Tu word with this spelling that would fit in the context of animal farming, etc. The only ᵀᵘşadi I found is a borrowing from Persian meaning ‘joy, happiness, gladness’.

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 21-22

بقر وحش

السمَّن

الفروج

الفرخ

البيض

شاهين

قطا

çil

lāçin

yumurṭă

yavrı

biliç

bildirçin

ṣıġın

sandgrouse, partridge

(peregrine) falcon

eggs

chick, young one

chick

quail

ᴬʳwild cattle / ᵀᵘmoose, elk⁹⁷

97. Uncertain translation. The Ar term is rather unspecific, ‘wild cattle’ being a literal rendering of ᴬʳbaqar waḥš. In contrast, ᵀᵘṣıġın is rendered as ‘moose, elk’ in my dictionaries, but given the Ar term it can be assumed that it means some kind of wild buffalo here. A reading as ᵀᵘṣıġır can be excluded and would not make sense either, since the term signifies domesticated cattle.

NB digi-ms p. 105 • lines 23-24

عقعق

عش

بتارخ

المكان

في بيان ما يتعامل من المعادن الكريمه

maʿdenler-i kerīmĕleri müʿāmelĕ edenler adları beyānidir

bwrd

balıḳ yumurṭăsı

yuva

ṣaġṣaġan

List of precious metal products

(the/this) place ???⁹⁸

roe, fish eggs

nest

magpie

98. ᴬʳmakān is clearly ‘place’, so the Tu term shall perhaps be ᵀᵘbură ‘this place, this spot’ (as mostly in locative burădă ‘here’ and ablative burădan ‘from here’). – If this reading is not valid, one could try to assume المكان to be a misspelling for المكن ᴬʳmakn, makin (coll.) ‘locusts, lizards’ eggs’, which somehow would fit better after ᴬʳbatāriḫ ‘roe, fish eggs’, but then the Tu بورد would remain unsolved.

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 1-2

لولو

الماس

حجر ياقوت ابيض

حجر ياقوت ازرق

حجر ياقوت اصفر

حجر ياقوت احمر

ḳırmızı yaḳut¹⁴⁴

ṣarı yaḳut ṭaşı

mavi yaḳut ṭaşı

beyaz yaḳut ṭaşı

elmas

inci

144. After the preceding items one would have expected ...ṭaşı following yaḳut also here, but it is omitted.

red ruby

yellow sapphire

blue sapphire

white sapphire, white ruby

diamond

pearl

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 3-4

في بيان اسامى ما يوكل من الطعامات والخضار والالبان والادهان فاكهة

yelinür¹⁴⁵ ṭaʿāmlardan yeşil[l]ikden yoġurtlardan yaġlardan adların beyānıdır

145. Sic – ييلنور . Erroneously for يينلور yenilür (mod. Tu yenilir ‘edible’).

List of edible foods, vegetables, dairy, oils/fat, (ᴬʳand fruit)

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 5-6

كرنب

بقله

| ⁷⁴

رز

رز بلحمه مفرومه

برغل

شويدست⁷⁵

مشوي

كبه محشيه

كبه مشوي

74. The following pairs of items are written on the right margin of the page. 75. Probably composed of شوي ‘grilled meat’ and دست ‘plate’.

ḳazdırmă köftĕsi

ṭolmă köftĕsi

kebāb

yaḫnī

burġul

çilāv

pılā

|

semiz-otu¹⁴⁶

laḫană

146. otu strangely written اوݓ , with three dots under the t .

grilled kibbeh

stuffed kibbeh

grilled, roasted

yahni (meat stew with onions)

bulgur

rice with minced meat

rice

|

purslain, portulac

cabbage

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 7-8

كبه مقليه

شوربا الرز

لحمه مقليه

لحمه مسلوقه

منزلة البادنجان

منزلة⁷⁶ القرع

76. I could not identify منزلة (neither s.r. √NZL nor √ZLL) but the meaning must be ‘stew’, corresponding to ᵀᵘṭoġrama (doğrama) ‘cut into pieces, sliced’.

ḳabaḳ ṭoġraması

baṭlıcan ṭoġraması

aşlı¹⁴⁷ et

ḳavurmă eti

barinc çorbası

ḳavurma köftĕsi

147. The word is not in the dictionaries of standard Ottoman, but given ᴬʳmaslūq ‘boiled’ I assumed that ᵀᵘaşlı is composed of ᵀᵘaş ‘soup’ and adjectivizing suffix ‑lı, giving an overall literal meaning of ‘meat with soup’.

squash stew

eggplant stew

boiled meat

fried meat

rice soup

fried kibbeh

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 9-10

بادنجان محشى

قرع محشى

لبنيه

سجق محشى

جزر محشى

يپرق

قديد

baṣdırmă

aṣmă yapraẗ

havuç ṭolması

banīr ṭolması

bozcă aşı

ḳabaḳ ṭolması

baṭlıcān ṭolması

pastırma (sundried meat with spices)

wine leaves

stuffed carrots

stuffed ᴬʳsausage / ᵀᵘcheese

???⁹⁹

stuffed squash

stuffed eggplant

99. Unclear values. For ᴬʳlabaniyyeʰ (used in Syrian Arabic), Hava 1899 gives ‘meat-balls prepared with sour milk’ while ᵀᵘbozcă aşı does not seem to be lexicalised as such, a literal translation being ‘grayish soup’ (or, more precisely, ‘soup of the grayish’).

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 11-12

لحم وعجين

وايضا صوفي

حليب

رز بحليب

لبن

قشطه

لبه

جبن

peynir

aġız

ḳaymaḳ

yoġurt

süt pılavı

süt

sabāniḫ böreği

şām böreği

cheese

??? ¹⁰⁰

cream

yoghurt

sweet rice, rice pudding

milk

ᴬʳand also Sufi…¹⁰¹ / ᵀᵘspinach börek

ᴬʳlahmacun, ᵀᵘSyrian börek

100. The fact that the item features between ‘cream’ and ‘cheese’ suggests that both ᴬʳلبه and ᵀᵘأَغز mean some kind of milk or dairy product, but I was unable to find out which exactly. In Tu, there is aġız (sütü) ‘Erst‑, Kolostralmilch’ (Steuerwald 1972) or süt aġzı ‘first milk after parturition, beestings, colostrum’ (Redhouse 1890, 1968). Perhaps this is also intended by the Ar term here, although its basic meaning is ‘upper part of the breast’ (Hava 1899) (unless a feminized form of lubb in the sense of ‘core, pulp of a fruit’). 101. Does the author mean "and also ‘Sufi style’ lahmacun"? The reading صوفي is slightly uncertain: could also be صوقي or صوتي , both with even more obscure meaning.

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 13-14

زيت حلو

زيت مر

سيرج

سكر

عسل

دبس

نبيد

عرق

¹⁴⁸ rakı

şarāb

bekmez

bal

şeker

şırlaġān

bezir yaġı

zeytün yaġı

148. For no obvious reason, the whole line is written with black ink, not red.

arack, rakı

wine

molasses

honey

sugar

sesame oil

ᴬʳbitter oil, ᵀᵘ(lin)seed, vegetable oil

ᴬʳsweet oil, ᵀᵘolive oil

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 15-16

شمع متحمر

شمع عسلي

خل

توت

عجور

خيار

مشمش

لوز

تفاح

elma

badem

ḳayısı

hıyār¹⁴⁹

acur

tūd

sirkĕ

bal-mumı

iç yaġı mum

149. Since ᴬʳḫiyār is pronounced /hıyar/ in Tu, the loanword seems to be spelt with initial h‑ here instead of regular ḫ‑. However, in this reading, the h‑ is not expressed by ه but by Persian-style ہـ . If we do not read ہيار hıyār, we are left with something like بياد *biyād or similar.

apple

almond

apricot

cucumber

snake cucumber, hairy c.

mulberry

vinegar

honey candle (made with beeswax)

brown (tallow) candle

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 17-18

كرز

رمان

من

تين

نجاص

خوخ

دراق

قلب الطير

ḳızıl erik

şeftalü

ḳară erik

armud

incir

gezen-gūy

nar

vişnæ

(red) plum¹⁰²

peach

(black) plum

pear

fig

manna¹⁰³

pomegranate

cherry

102. Cf. also Dozy ²1927: ‘prune de petite espèce; (Maghrib) millepertuis’. 103. For ᴬʳmann, Hava 1899 has ‘manna, viscous substance collected from the ash-tree’. ᵀᵘgezengi (Persian gazangu) is ‘prov. manna’ in Redhouse 1968. Redhouse 1890 has only gezengübin ‘tamarisk manna’.

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 19-20

فستق

بطيخ

جبس

بندق

ابو فروه

جوز

دهن ورد

gül yaġı

ḳoz

kestanĕ

fındıḳ

ḳarbuz

ḳavun

pistĕ

rose oil [=???]

walnut

chestnut

ᴬʳchestnut (H) / ᵀᵘhazelnut

melon, winter melon

(kind of) watermelon

pistachio

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 21-22

بنفسج

ياسمين

مضعف⁷⁷

ورد

زهر

دهن بنفسج

77. "مضعف" is probably the full form of what in other places of the text is abbreviated as "م". It seems to imply ‘ditto, the same thing again’. In the present context, this may, sensibly, mean ‘same as in Turkish’.

benefsĕ yaġı

çiçek

gül

nercis

yāsemin

benefsĕ

violet oil

flower

rose

narcissus

jasmine

violet

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 23-24

دهن ورد

ما ورد

سلق

سبانخ

بادنجان

باميه

فجل

turb

bāmya

baṭlıcān

sabāniḫ

bazü¹⁵⁰

gül ṣuyı

gül yaġı¹⁵¹

150. = modern Turkish pazı. 151. Erroneously repeated after first mentioning at end of line two lines above.

radish

okra, ‘ladies fingers’

eggplant

spinach

chard

rose water

rose oil

NB digi-ms p. 106 • lines 25-26

ملبس

مربى الورد

مربا بنفسج

لسان الثور

قبار

خس

marul

keber

inek dili rby¹⁵²

benefsĕ murabbà

gülbæşeker

şekermelĕ¹⁵³

152. Unclear reading and position with regard to inek dili under which it is placed outside the regular line margin. – inek dili ‘cow’s tongue’ is given here instead of standard ᵀᵘṣıġırdili ‘ox-tongue’. 153. Erroneously for ᵀᵘşekerlemĕ ‘candy, candied fruit’.

lettuce

capers

borage

violet jam

rose jam

candy

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 1-2

قضامه

سمسم

حب العزيز

عنب

زبيب

سفرجل

حصرم

ḳoruḳ

ḥayvă¹⁵⁴

ḳaru üzim

üzim

ʿazīz dānĕsi

susam

leblebi

154. For no obvious reason this and the following three Tu items are written in black, pausing the "red" thread for a few words.

unripe grape

quince

ᴬʳraisin, ᵀᵘ‘black grape(s)’

grape(s)

Cyperus esculentus, chufa, tiger nut (a type of edible tuber)

sesame

roasted crunchy chickpeas

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 3-4

حرعالم⁷⁸

هندبا

لفت

شوندر

بلح

عدة الحرب واسمايه

|⁷⁹

عنقود

78. Is this ḥ˅rʿāl˅m at the origin of the terms harmala, harmel, etc. for the wild Syrian rue? 79. The pair ᴬʳعنقود/ᵀᵘṣalḳım is written vertically after the new heading on the left margin of the page. Thematically, however, it belongs to the items preceding the heading. Obviously, it is only after having written the new sub-section heading that the author remembered that he wanted to include the ‘cluster (of grapes etc.)’.

salḳım

" |

cenk busāṭī¹⁵⁵ adları

ḫorma

şalġam

pançar

güneyik

yüzerlik

155. For more common پوصات ، پوسات ، پوساد ، پوساط ، پوصاد [pusat].

bunch of grapes, flowers, etc., cluster

" |

war equipment

date(s)

beet

turnip

endive, chicory, succory

wild rue, harmel, peganum harmala¹⁰⁴

104. For more common üzerlik. "Some descriptions make it to be ruta montana; and others, wild mustard. Used as a fumigatory" – Redhouse 1890.

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 5-6

سيف

قراب

ترس

قوس

نشاب

وثر⁸⁰

جعبه

سكين

80. Sic, hypercorrect for standard وتر .

bıçaḳ

terkeş

kiriş

oḳ

yay

ḳalḳan

ḳın

ḳılıç

knife

(archer’s) quiver

bowstring

arrow

bow

shield

scabbard

sword

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 7-8

خنجر

رمح

سيخ

مدفع

سرج

ركاب

لجام

سكه

ḳazıḳ

gem

üzengi

eyer

ṭob

şiş

mızrāḳ

ḫançer

pale, stake, pile

(bit of a) bridle

stirrup

saddle

cannon

large knife, spit

spear, lance

dagger

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 9-10

شريحه

شكال

شبحه

عباية الفرس ⁸¹

رسن

حمل

فرده

81. The Ar and Tu terms changed place, each featuring in the "wrong" row, hence also the seemingly unmotivated change of colour. Perhaps erroneously because the Tu term may be used also in Ar.

ṭāy ˅?t˅k¹⁵⁶

yük

yular

dikdek

peyvend

köstek

ḳolan

156. Unclear reading. The word looks like ارتك , اوتك or ادتك , none of which I was able to identify in my dictionaries.

bale, half of a beast’s load

carry, load

halter

horse cloth, blanket

connection, junction, rope¹⁰⁵

ᴬʳshackle, bond / ᵀᵘthong, rope, chain

strap, band, belt, girth¹⁰⁶

105. Hava 1899 for ᴬʳšibḥaʰ ~ šabḥaʰ: ‘rope of a shackle binding the fore to the hind leg of a horse’. 106. This translates ᵀᵘḳolan more than ᴬʳšarīḥaʰ, which latter originally is ‘slice, long shred’ but in the military context also seems to have been used as ‘belt, girth’.

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 11-12

قصب

قصب مص

جنينه

نوي

بزر

ترنج

نارنج

سوس

peyām¹⁵⁷

turunc

turunc kavunı

toḫum

çekerdek

ḥadīḳă

şeker ḳamışı

ḳamış

157. The reading پيام is rather clear, but this would mean ‘news, message, tidings’ – which does not match the Ar counterpart. Therefore, I assume that پيام should be بيان buyān ~ ميان meyān ‘licorice’. One should not exclude, however, that peyām is a regional/local variant of buyān or the original piyān.

liquorice

bitter orange

???

seed, kernels

seed

garden

"sucking reed", sugarcane

sugarcane

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 13-14

في بيان اسماء الصنايع وما يتبعها

|

شيخ الكتاب

تلميذ

دوايه

divit

şāgerd

ḫocă

|

bīşĕler ve ānı tābiʿ olan adların beyānidir

inkstand, inkholder

student, pupil

sheikh of scribes, master, teacher

|

List of crafts and pertaining vocabulary

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 15-16

أقلام

ورق

مقلمه

حبر اسود

حبر احمر

جدول

سكين البري

معلم

usṭā

ḳalemṭırāş

bıñār

ḳırmız mürekkebi

siyāh mürekkebⁱ ¹⁵⁸

ḳalemdān

kāġıd

ḳalemler

158. There seems to be a kasraʰ under the word-final ‑b . The next item shows ـي instead. Note, however, that "red ink" and "black ink" are constructed differently here. While the former is "the ink of the ḳırmız" (possessive construction), the latter is a simple adjective + noun formation (where -i, actually, would be grammatically incorrect).

teacher, instructor, master

sharpening knife

???¹⁰⁷

red ink

black ink

pen case, pencil box

paper

pens

107. Not exactly clear what is meant here. ᴬʳǧadwal would fit the context quite well if a meaning like ‘rubric of a register, table of a book, framing of a page; list, catalogue; table, sheet’ (Hava 1899) was intended. In contrast, ᵀᵘbıñār (i.e., modern Tu pınar) hardly means anything else but ‘spring, fountain; source’ and would (somehow) match ᴬʳǧadwal only if the latter was understood in its other meaning, namely ‘brook, trench’. Should we assume that the meaning ‘rubric, table, frame, list, schedule’ (which the Ar term developed out of the original *‘trench’) was transferred also on ᵀᵘbıñār, making it into a (local/regional?) calque?

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 17-18

حايك

غزل

سيراس

مكوك

دكان

نول

صايغ

سندان

örs

ḳuyumcı

dezgāh¹⁵⁹

kārḫānĕ

adḳı¹⁶⁰

şiras

iplik

çulḥacı

159. I.e., modern Tu tezgâh. The spelling with initial d‑ is etymologically motivated (the origian is Persian dast-gāh ‘apparatus, machine’). 160. Unusual spelling; standard is آتقى atḳı ‘woof (of woven cloth); rather, thread thrown (with the shuttle) which forms the woof by degrees’ (Redhouse 1890).

anvil

jeweller

loom

shop

ᴬʳshuttle / ᵀᵘwoof, weft

???¹⁰⁸

yarn, thread

weaver

108. Both readings seem unambiguous, but I could neither find the Ar nor the Tu term.

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 19-20

ملقاط

منفاخ

حريري

دولاب

لحمه

سده ⁸²

صانع

حداد

82. Sic! – probably for ستّى sattà.

demirci

ḳalfă

dirāz?¹⁶¹

arġac

cerḫ¹⁶²

ipekci

körük

maşă

161. Sic: دراز . Should one better read /diræz/? Standard spellings are ديريز diriz or تريز tiriz. 162. Defective diacritics or regional/local variant? Other variants like چرخ çerḫ ~ çarḫ are in use, all for standard چرق ~ چارق çarḳ.

blacksmith

artisan

warp of cloth

woof, weft

wheel

silken; silk merchant

bellows

tongs, pincers

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 21-22

سمان

ميزان

وزنات

بياع القهوة

فناجين

قضبان

اباريق

ibrīḳler

çupuḳlar

pingānlar

kahvĕci

sencĕler

terāzī

baḳḳāl

pitchers, jugs, water ewers

bars, rods

cups

coffee seller

weights

scales, balance

grocer

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 23-24

سباغ

حطب اصفر

قرمز

كلكلى ⁸³

حلاق

مواس

مقص

مرايا

جلده

83. Read *kulkulī ? Given the Tu equivalent al, this seems to be a colour term (also fitting the context, see preceding ᴬʳqirmiz/ᵀᵘçiçek). So, ᴬʳkulkulī is probably a Turkism, from ᵀᵘgülgülü ‘pink, pink-colored’, marked as "prov[incial]" in Redhouse 1968.

ḳayış

āyinĕler

ṣındü

bıçaḳlar

berber

al

çiçek

ṣarı odun

boyăcı

leather strap

mirrors

scissors, large shears

razors

barber

ᴬʳpink / ᵀᵘvermilion, flame scarlet, red

crimson

‘yellow’ wood

dyer

NB digi-ms p. 107 • lines 25-26

سحاب الفضه

الحديده

ابخاش

ملقاط

راس

بياع قصب

قصب

حشاش

otcı

ḳılābdūn

ḳılābduncı

uç

çift

dilekler

demür

ṣırmakæş

herb seller, weed gatherer

gold or silver thread¹⁰⁹

maker/seller of gold thread or lace

head, extremity

tongs

???

iron

maker of silver thread, embroiderer

109. ᵀᵘḳılābdūn (reflecting a colloquial Persianizing pronunciation of standard ḳılābdān, modern Tu kılaptan) can also take a negative sense of ‘any trimming made of false gold thread, imitation gold’. – ᴬʳqaṣab is originally ‘reed, sugarcane’; however, according to Hava 1899, it was also used, with transferred sense, as ‘gold or silver thread’ in Syrian Arabic.

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 1-2

حشيش

السقال⁸⁴

شاشاتي

نوباتي

بنا

دلال

جزار

خضري

84. Sic, with non-emphatic س s instead of ص ṣ (صقال).

yeşil[l]ikçi

ḳaṣṣāb

simsār

yapıcı

sāzkār

ṣarıḳçı

perdaḫçı¹⁶³

ot

163. Sic: پردخجي, for standard پرداخچى .ᵀᵘḳılābdūn (reflecting a colloquial Persianizing pronunciation of standard ḳılābdān, modern Tu kılaptan) can also take a negative sense of ‘any trimming made of false gold thread, imitation gold’. – ᴬʳqaṣab is originally ‘reed, sugarcane’; however, according to Hava 1899, it was also used, with transferred sense, as ‘gold or silver thread’ in Syrian Arabic.

greengrocer

butcher

broker

builder, construction worker

musician / sāz player?¹¹⁰

shāsh (turban) maker

polisher, burnisher

grass, hay

110. ᴬʳnawbātī is registered as ‘musician’ in Hava 1899 for Syrian Arabic. Originally, ᴬʳnawbātī (or nawbatǧī < ᵀᵘnöbetçi) is ‘guard, watchman on duty’, from ᴬʳnawbaʰ ‘turn, time’, but also ‘troop of (watch)men’ and (because the latter used to appear with drums, later also other instruments) ‘music performed by a military band’, hence also ‘music; concert, orchestra’ in general. – As for ᵀᵘsāzkār (or sāzgār), the dictionaries do not give any value that would come close to ᴬʳnawbātī (in whatever sense). The standard meaning is ‘in accordance, consonant, harmonizing’ or (in the context of Oriental music) ‘sazkâr, a compound maḳām’. I would assume, however, that the author of the phrasebook derived it from sāz, the string instrument, and interpreted it as *‘sāz player’ and, hence, *‘musician’ in general.

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 3-4

طباخ

عسال

دباس

خباز

صياد

لعاب

مراكبي

دقاق

döğci

gemici

oynatcı

avcı

etmekci

bekmezci

balcı

bişürci

*grinder, pounder¹¹¹

ship builder (or: sailor, boatman ?)

director of theatrical performances (?)¹¹²

hunter

baker

dibs/pekmez maker/seller

honey maker/seller

cook

111. Neither of the two terms is registered in my dictionaries with values that would exactly match each other. For ᴬʳdaqqāq, Hava 1899 has ‘flour merchant’ as a specific meaning, but this would probably be expressed in Turkish by something like *uncu (< un ‘flower’ + suffix for professtions); and ᵀᵘdöğci has no entry at all in Redhouse or Steuerwald. The latter show only the underlying verb, ᵀᵘdöğmek (= dövmek) ‘to beat; to thrash, flog; to thresh (grain); to hammer, forge; to pound (coffee, pepper)’ and ᵀᵘdöğec ‘mallet, beetle’ (Redhouse 1890), döveç ‘prov[incial] mortar; pestle’. Therefore I suggest to go back to the basic value of the verbs ᴬʳdaqqa / ᵀᵘdöğmek ~ dövmek and assume, for the pair ᴬʳdaqqāq / ᵀᵘdöğci, a general sense of *‘someone whose profession is grinding or pounding’ (perhaps with the help of a mortar). 112. Neither ᴬʳlaʿʿāb nor ᵀᵘoynatcı have entries in the dictionaries at my disposal. However, given the underlying verb, ᵀᵘoynatmaḳ, lexicalized as ‘to make or let play, dance, move, vibrate; to make or let a game be played’, it is likely that the terms are used for persons whose organized and/or directed theatrical or quasi-theatrical performances. – Or should one think of producers and/or sellers of toys?

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 5-6

لفاف

سماك

دخاخنى ⁸⁵

حمامي

مكنس

معزل ⁸⁶

بيطار

نحاس

85. Sic! Probably erroneously for دخانجي duḫḫānǧī. 86. See note on English translation.

baḳırcı

naʿlbandcı

siliğci¹⁶⁴

süpürci

ḥamāmcı

tütünci

balıḳcı

ṣarıḳcı

164. Sic – سلكجى . Probably erroneously for سلجى ~ سيلجى ~ سيليجى silici ‘1. professional cleaner or polisher; 2. one who planes boards for construction work’.

coppersmith

farrier; veterinarian

cleaner or polisher¹¹³

sweeper, cleaner

bathhouse attendant (or owner?)

tobacco seller

fishmonger

turban winder¹¹⁴

113. The meaning found for ᵀᵘsiliğci matches well the value ‘to cleanse’ given by Hava 1899 for (Syrian) ᴬʳʿazzala, of which muʿazzil is the active participle, signifying the corresponding profession. 114. According to Redhouse 1968, ᵀᵘṣarıḳçı signifies ‘1. servant who took care of his master’s turbans; 2. one skilled in winding turbans’. ᴬʳlaffāf does not seem to be lexicalized with such a particular sense.

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 7-8

حطاب

فحام

سكري

بياع الشراب

بياع العرق

وقاد

نفاخ

بياع البابوج

bābūc[c]ı

üfürci

külḫāneci

meyḫāneci

şerbetci

şekerci

kömürci

oduncı

slipper seller

blower¹¹⁵

fuel supplier

arak seller, barkeeper

drink vendor

sugar merchant

charcoal seller

woodcutter, lumberjack

115. I.e., probably, someone who uses bellows to start a fire, or whose task it is to blow into a fire to ignite it.

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 9-10

شغال

سحاب

خياط

مكاري

نجار

قدوم

ابره

دراع

شبر

باع

ḳulaç

ḳarış

arşün

iğnĕ

keser

dülgerci

ḳaṭırcı

dikici

çekici

işci

fathom, measure of the two arms extended

span (unit of measurement)

ᴬʳcubit / ᵀᵘell, yard (ca. 28 inches)

needle

carpenter’s adze, axe

carpenter

muleteer

seamster, tailor

*person who draws/drags¹¹⁶

worker, craftsman

116. This is only an approximative value, taken from the basic meaning of the underlying Ar and Tu verbs which both signify ‘to drag, pull, draw, etc.’. The exact meaning of ᴬʳsaḥḥāb / ᵀᵘçekici is hard to determine. Is it someone who drags along boats on a river? Or loads of goods on a cart? – ᵀᵘçekici is also lexicalized as ‘weigher of firewood’ (from ᵀᵘçeki ‘a weight of 250 kilos of firewood’), but this does not appear to match ᴬʳsaḥḥāb, which is a faʿʿāl formation and most like means some kind of professional *‘dragger, puller’.

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 11-12

سياف

رماح

يشتغل البندق

شغال الشربات

الفرا

بياع قضبان

ملاح

رمال

ḳumcı

ṭuzcı

çıpuḳcı

kürkci

bardaḳcı

tüfenkci

mızrāḳcı

kılıç[ç]ı

sandman

salt sellter

maker/seller of pipe stems

furrier

cup maker, cup seller

gunsmith, gunmaker¹¹⁷

spear maker

sword maker, swordsman

117. ᴬʳyištiġil is a finite verb form (3^rd person singular, imperfective), so yištiġil il-bunduq͗ actually means ‘he’s working/trades in guns’.

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 13-14

في بيان العدد واساميه على الترتيب بالاختصار الكُلي

ṣaymaġıñ adlarını pek iḫtiṣār ilĕ tertīb üzerĕ beyānındă

Very brief list of the names of cardinal numbers

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 15-16

واحد

اثنين

ثلاثه

اربعه

خمسه

سته

سبعه

تمانيه

sekiz

yedi

altı

beş

dört

üç

iki

bir

eight

seven

six

five

four

three

two

one

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 17-18

تسعه

عشره

عشرين

ثلاثين

اربعين

خمسين

ستين

سبعين

yetmiş

altmış

elli

ḳırḳ

otuz

yiğirmi

on

ṭoḳuz

seventy

sixty

fifty

fourty

thirty

twenty

ten

nine

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 19-20

تمانون

تسعون

مايه

مايتين

ثلاثمايه

اربعمايه

خمسمايه

beşyüz

dörtyüz

üçyüz

ikiyüz

yüz

ṭoḳsān

seksæn

five hundred

four hundred

three hundred

two hundred

hundred

ninety

eighty

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 21-22

ستمايه

سبعمايه

تمانمايه

تسعمايه

الف

الفين

تلاث الاف

üçbiñ

ikibiñ

biñ

ṭoḳuzyüz

sekizyüz

yediyüz

altıyüz

three thousand

two thousand

thousand

nine hundred

eight hundred

seven hundred

six hundred

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 23-24

اربعة الاف

خمسة الاف

ست الاف

سبع الاف

تمانيه الاف

sekiz biñ

yedi biñ

altı biñ

beşbiñ

dörtbiñ

eight thousand

seven thousand

six thousand

five thousand

four thousand

NB digi-ms p. 108 • lines 25-26

تسعة الاف

عشرة الاف

on biñ

ṭoḳuz biñ

ten thousand

nine thousand

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 1-2

في بيان اسامي المتشابهات في الرسم (واحد) والمعني متغايرات

بكزرلرݣ رسمنده (بيردر) ومعناسنده ايرقلارديلرك بيانيدر
beñzerleriñ resmindĕ (bir-dir) ve maʿnāsında ayrıḳlardılarıñ beyānı-dir

[Ottoman homographs]

Clarification about items that resemble each other in writing but have different meanings

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 3-4

سما

قره

|

صار

مات

|

دق

سرق

ݤوڮ

كوك

|

اوڸدي

اولدي

|

چلدي

چالدي

çaldı

|

öldi

oldı

|

kök [gök?]

gök

he stole

he knocked

|

he died

he was/became

|

blue, azure; green

sky

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 4-5

ساق

مسح

|

اضحك

ورد

|

المغنا

انعزال

سوردي

|

ڮول

|

ايرلمق

ayrılmaḳ

ırlamaḳ

|

gül

|

sürdi

to separate

(prov.) to sing

|

rose (n.)

laugh!

|

he swept, rubbed, anointed

he drove

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 5-7

اكل

سبعه

|

اكسب

دست

|

حيه

كذب

يدي

|

قزان

|

يلان

yalan

yılan

|

ḳazan

|

yedi

lie (n.)

snake, serpent

|

pot, pan

gain, win!

|

seven

he ate

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 7-8

تبع

غفل

|

نقل

فار

|

فرح

انطفا

اويودي

|

طاشدي

|

سوندي

söndi

sevindi

|

ṭaşdı

|

uyudı

he put out (fire)

he was pleased, rejoiced

|

he boiled over

he transported

|

he fell asleep

he matched

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 8-9

اتفصل

انحصر

|

صيف

اكتب

|

قرع

غطا

بچلدي

|

ياز

|

قبق

ḳapaḳ

ḳabaḳ

|

yaz

|

peçeledi (?)

biçildi

lid, cover (n.)

pumpkin

|

write!

summer

|

he veiled, camouflaged (?)

he was cut off

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 9-11

قام

طلع خلعة (؟)

|

قنباز

ضعيف

|

فم

لبه

قالقدي

قتدي (؟)

|

زبون

|

اغز

aġız

|

zebūn

zıbın

|

???

ḳalḳdı

(lip?)

mouth

|

weak, helpless

man’s full gown / underwaist coat¹¹⁸

|

???

he rose, stood up

118. Translation may not be accurate. 'man’s full gown' corresponds to ᴬʳqunbāz (Hava 1899), while 'underwaist coat or vest, kind of garment with three flaps' is what one finds for ᵀᵘzıbın (Redhouse 1890).

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 11+12b

كب

ضرب

|

وقس علي هذا المنوال

دوكدى

دوكدي

|

بو منوال اوزرينه قياس ايله

bu minvāl üzerinĕ ḳiyās eylĕ

|

döğdi

dökdi

And go on comparing in this way [i.e., to be continued with many more examples]

|

he beat

he poured

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 12a+13ab

[Epilogue/Conclusion]

يا عارف لان التركي ضيق بالكليه / واكثره مشابه بعضه البعض

اي بليجى زيرا توركي پك طاردر وچوغي برى برينه
ey bileci zīrā türki pek ṭardır ve çoġı biri birinĕ

Oh you who knowest, because Turkish is limited in terms of vocabulary, and most of it [sc., its vocabulary] is similar to each other,

NB digi-ms p. 109 • line 14-15

لا تكون غافلاً وفي عصرنا هذا أصحاب المعارف ما لهم قيمه

غافل اولمه وبو وقتمزده اهل معرفتلر انلره قيمة يوقدر
ġāfil olmă ve-bu vaḳtımızdă ehl-i maʿrifetler ānlară ḳīmet yoḳdır

Do not be unaware/naïve! For [lit., and] in this our era, knowledgeable people are not appreciated [lit., have no value].

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 16-17

يعدوا العارف والغير عارف واحد واكثر الخلق يشغلوك بلا فايده

بلاني وبيلمَيَنى بر صيارلر وخلقرك اكثري فايده سز سنى ايشلتدرلر
bilæni ve-bilmeyeni bir ṣayarlar ve-ḫalḳ[l]arıñ eks̱eri fāydĕ-siz seni işletdirler

They consider the knowledgeable and the ignorant as one, and most of the people will keep you busy with meaningless things (lit., without benefit).

NB digi-ms p. 109 • lines 18-19

واعطايهم په په بيّض الله وجهك او يسلم اياديك

ديركيلري پوہ پوہ يوزك اق اولسون ياخود اللروك وار اولسون
derkileri puh puh yüziñ aḳ olsün yāḫūd ellerüñ var olsün

Don’t care about them [these ignorants] (?) ¹¹⁹ ! May God brighten your face / make your face shine [expression of thankfulness] or May your hands be/remain safe/so good [expression of appreciation for s.o. doing an excellent job].

119. Neither the Arabic nor the Turkish version is clear to me here: ᴬʳ واعطايهم په په | ᵀᵘ ديركيلري پوہ پوہ . Redhouse 1890 has ᵀᵘpohpoh ‘Bravo! Capital!’, but this doesn’t fit the context, and both ᴬʳ اعطاي and ᵀᵘديركي remain somewhat obscure.

NB digi-ms p. 109 • line 20-21

ونسئل الله التوفيق والستره في جميع الامور وقد وقع الفراغ / من تحرير هذا الترجمان يوم الاحد في ٢٦ شهر ادار سنة ١٧٦٦

–

And we ask God [to grant us] success and protection in all matters. The completion / of this phrasebook (tarǧumān) occurred on Sunday, the 26th of the month of March (ʾāḏār) in the year 1766.¹²⁰

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