Dictionary Manuscripts and Lexicographic Tradition in Bosnia From the 16th to the 19th Century

Abstract

Rječnici na arapskom, turskom, perzijskom i bosanskom jeziku koji su nastajali i koristili se na prostoru Bosne u razdoblju od 16. do 19. stoljeća nezaobilazan su segment bosanskohercegovačke leksikografske tradicije. Na temelju istraživanja i analize forme, jezika, metodologije, pitanja autorstva i recepcije rječnika pohranjenih u institucionalnim zbirkama rukopisa Bosne i Hercegovine, moguće je govoriti o dominantnim leksikografskim pravcima i praksi u vrijeme osmanske vladavine na ovim prostorima te utvrditi kako i koliko su ova rukopisna djela i njihovi autori doprinijeli razvoju i kontinuitetu leksikografske tradicije. Istraživačka baza za ovaj rad bile su rukopisne zbirke pohranjene u javnim kulturnim i naučnim institucijama Bosne i Hercegovine: Gazi Husrev-begova biblioteka, Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine, Bošnjački institut – Fondacija Adila Zulfikarpašića, Orijentalni institut Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Historijski arhiv Sarajevo, Kantonalni arhiv Travnik, Arhiv Tuzlanskog kantona, JU Opća biblioteka Tešanj, Muzej Hercegovine Mostar i Arhiv Hercegovine Mostar.Dictionaries in Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Bosnian that were created and used in Bosnia from the 16th to the 19th century are an indispensable segment of the Bosnian lexicographic tradition. Based on the researchers and analysis of the form, language, methodology, questions of authorship, and reception of the dictionaries stored in the institutional manuscript collections of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is possible to talk about the dominant lexicographic trends and practices during the Ottoman rule in these areas and to determine the contribution of these manuscripts works and their authors to the development and continuity of the lexicographical tradition. The research base for this work was manuscript collections stored in public cultural and scientific institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Gazi Husrev-bey Library, National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosniak Institute – Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation, Oriental Institute of the University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo Historical Archives, The Cantonal Archives Travnik, The Cantonal Archives Tuzla, The General Library of Tešanj, Herzegovina Museum Mostar and Herzegovina Archives Mostar