Yusuf Isa Halim

Yusuf Isa Halim
Iusuf Isa Halim
Born 1894
Bílbíl, today Ciocârlia, Constanța County, Romania
Died 1982
Medgidia
Nationality Tatar
Occupation Poet, schoolteacher, linguist
Known for He authored the first Romanian-Turkish dictionary.

Yusuf Isa Halim (also transliterated in Romanian as Iusuf Isa Halim; Romanian pronunciation: [juˈsuf iˈsa haˈlim]) (1894–1982) was a Dobrujan-born Tatar poet, schoolteacher and linguist known for authoring the first Romanian-Turkish dictionary.[1][2][3]

Biography

Yusuf Isa was born in 1894 in Bílbíl, today officially known as Ciocârlia, a Nogai village situated in the Tatar countryside west of Mangalia, in Dobruja. He graduated in 1915 from the Medrese of Medğidiye/Medgidia and he served as a schoolteacher in Malşuwa/Abrud, Kavarna, Pazarjik, Bogaz-Kóy (Cernavodă). In 1930 he published in Pazarjik, now Dobrich in Bulgaria, the first Romanian-Turkish dictionary.[1][2][3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 Mehmet Ali Ekrem 1994.
  2. 1 2 Hakses 2005.
  3. 1 2 Asociatia pentru Dezvoltare Interculturala.

Sources

  • Ekrem, Mehmet Ali (1994). Din Istoria Turcilor Dobrogeni (in Romanian). Bucureşti: Kriterion. ISBN 9789732603840.
  • Gârlan, Miktat (June 2005). "Bükreş Türkleri tarih ve demografi". Hakses (in Turkish). 2005 (June). Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  • Munteanu, Ana Maria. "Muzeul etnografic viu şi imaginile sale în mentalul occidental" (in Romanian). adinterculturala.wordpress.com. Asociatia pentru Dezvoltare Interculturala. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

See also

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