Preliminary Notes on Some Krymchak Texts from the Ukrainian National Library, Kyiv
Preliminary Notes on Some Krymchak Texts from the Ukrainian National Library, Kyiv
Author(s): Dan ShapiraSubject(s): Language studies, History of Judaism
Published by: Żydowski Instytut Historyczny
Keywords: Krymchak/Qrımčaq; Crimean Rabbanite Jews; Jews in the Crimea; Crimean Khanate; Vernadsky Library; Judeo-Turkic Texts; Ottoman Turkish; Crimean- Tatar; Krymchak ethnolect of Crimean-Tatar
Summary/Abstract: In this article, samples of traditional Krymchak Turkic texts, mostly from the 18th century, are brought together. The texts include parts of traditional Turkic translations into the Crimean-Turkic dialect of the Krymchak Rabbanite Jews as found in their handwritten prayer books from the Ukrainian National Vernadsky Library, with parallels from the early 20th century editions; a prayer for the well-being of the Ottoman Sultan, the Crimean Khan, the Noble Ka’abah and the Enlightened Medina, the Ottoman army and fleet (the author of this prayer tried to write Ottoman Turkish); and other texts
Journal: Kwartalnik Historii Żydów
- Issue Year: 279/2021
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 773-820
- Page Count: 48
- Language: English, Tatar
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