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Encyclopedia > Ottoman Turkish alphabet

The Ottoman Turkish alphabet (الفبا elifbâ) was the version of the Arabic alphabet that was used for the Ottoman Turkish language during the time of the Ottoman Empire. The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing Arabic and various other languages, together with various closely related scripts that typically differ in the presence or absence of a few letters. ... Ottoman Turkish (Turkish: Osmanlıca or Osmanlı Türkçesi, Ottoman Turkish: لسان عثمانی - lisân-i Osmânî) is the variant of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI...


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The Alphabet

Isolated Final Middle Initial Name Modern Turkish alphabet
elif a, e
hemze
be b
pe p
te t
se s
cim
çim
ha
dal d
zel z
re r
ze z
je j
sin s
şın ş
sat, sad s
ﺿ dat, dad d, z
t
z
ayın ', h
gayın g, ğ
fe f
kaf k
kef k, g, ğ, n
gef¹ g, ğ
nef, sağır kef n
lam l
mim m
nun n
vav v, o, ö, u, ü
he h, e, a
lamelif la
ye y, ı, i

1A correct Ottoman variant of gef will have the "mini-kaf" of ﻙ and the doubled upper stroke of گ. This feature is surely rare in current fonts. The current 29-letter Turkish alphabet, used for the Turkish language, was established by law in Turkey on November 1, 1928 (Yazım Kılavuzu). ...


Numerals

Ottoman Turkish used the Eastern Arabic numerals with a few of the letters different from the Persian language. The following is the list of basic cardinal numerals with their spelling in modern Turkish alphabet in parantheses. The Eastern Arabic numerals (also called Eastern Arabic numerals, Arabic-Indic numerals, Arabic Eastern Numerals) are the symbols (glyphs) used to represent the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in conjunction with the Arabic alphabet in Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and parts of India, and also in the no longer used Ottoman Turkish... Persian (local name: Fārsī or Pārsī ) is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, India, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ...

  • ٠ 0 (sıfır)
  • ۱ 1 (bir)
  • ۲ 2 (iki)
  • ٣ 3 (üç)
  • ٤ 4 (dört)
  • ٥ 5 (beş)
  • ٦ 6 (altı)
  • ٧ 7 (yedi)
  • ٨ 8 (sekiz)
  • ٩ 9 (dokuz)
  • ۱٠ 10 (on)

External links

  • Omniglot


 

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