Kadrî of Pergamon (), 16th century Ottoman
linguist
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, author of the first grammar book on
Ottoman language
Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...
.
Although little is known about the life of Kadrî, it is assumed that he was born in
Bergama (Pergamon) and later moved to Constantinople (
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
). In Constantinople, around 1530-1531 (Hijri 937), he wrote ''
Müyessire el-'Ulûm''(
tr), his famous work on the grammar of the Turkish language. The fact that it covered all elementary grammar rules of the Turkish language and structure made it an important work for the linguistic history of the Turkish language.
Linguists from the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Turkish language
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
Non-fiction writers from the Ottoman Empire
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