Artin Hindoğlu ( hy, Յարութիւն Հինտօղլու) was a 19th-century
Ottoman etymologist, interpreter, professor, linguist, and writer of the first modern French-Turkish dictionary.
Life
Of
Armenian
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descent, Artin Hindoğlu was born in
Istanbul
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and lived there until 10 years old.
His family were natives of
Kütahya
Kütahya () (historically, Cotyaeum or Kotyaion, Ancient Greek, Greek: Κοτύαιον) is a city in western Turkey which lies on the Porsuk River, Porsuk river, at 969 metres above sea level. It is inhabited by some 578,640 people (2022 estimate) ...
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He moved to Austria in 1812 and became a professor from 1824-1831.
He was then appointed as interpreter for the Emperor of the
Austrian Empire
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Works
His first known publication was in
Vienna
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in 1829, where he published an ''Ottoman Turkish grammar book for the comprehension of ordinary conversation''. The work was later translated into French and published in 1834 under the title "Grammaire théorique et pratique de la langue turke telle qu'elle est parlée à Constantinople"(English: Theoretical and practical grammar of the Turkish language as spoken in Constantinople).
In 1830, he wrote a German-Armenian dictionary and had it published in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
at the Armenian
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monastery at the
San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Lazzaro degli Armeni (, "Saint Lazarus of the Armenians"; called Saint Lazarus Island in English sources; hy, Սուրբ Ղազար, Surb Ghazar) is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhita ...
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In 1838, Artin Hindoğlu wrote the ''Dictionnaire Abrégé Français-Turc'' (English:French-Turkish Abridged Dictionary), a French-Turkish dictionary which became the first of its kind.
References
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
Writers from Vienna
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