Şakir Bayhan (4 October 1938 – 15 February 2019)[1] was a Turkish lexicographer,[2] and forestry engineer.[3] One of the unique lexicographers worked on Balkan Languages, whose main profession is not linguistics.

Şakir Bayhan
Şakir Bayhan reading newspaper
Şakir Bayhan in 1983
Born(1938-10-04)October 4, 1938
DiedFebruary 15, 2019(2019-02-15) (aged 80)
EducationIstanbul University, Forestry Engineering
Known fordictionarist, lexicographer
Notable workWestern Balkan languages (Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian)

Background

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He was born in Bijelo Polje, Montenegro on 1938. He attended elementary school in this small town, under the pressure of German invasion during World War II.

After completing his high school education, in Novi Pazar, Serbia,[4] he emigrated from former Yugoslavia, where the suffering after-effects of the war were experienced during those days, to Turkey in 1959 with his family.

He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry in 1969 as a Forest Engineer M.Sc. Having graduated, he started to work as Head Forestry Engineer in the Turkish Ministry of Forestry and worked until his retirement in 2002.

Lexicography Works

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During his university years, he began to work on former Yugoslavian languages (Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian), which would become the basis of his future works and publications.

He continued his researches on West Balkan languages, during his military service between 1969 and 1970. In the following years, he prepared a hand-written Serbian-Croatian / Turkish dictionary consisting of 15,000 words as the result of 9 years of work. He began to work in cooperation with Turkish Language Association [5] in the early 2000s. This cooperation and hard work resulted in 2015 by the creation of a Bosnian / Turkish dictionary,[6] having more than 30.000 words and 65.000 items and examples.

He also made many contributions to the study of Balkan Languages, in terms of discovering new-old words, idioms, synonyms with the cooperation of the lexicographers and language scientists, living either in Balkan countries or the ones who emigrated to third countries years ago.[7]

His publications are being used as citing sources for academic writing either by many linguists, lexicographers[8] and academics or in articles regarding Balkan culture, politics and the other issues.[9][10][11] Besides his linguistic studies, he also worked for improving cultural relations between Montenegro and Turkey.[12]

He died on February 15, 2019, in Ankara.[13]

Publications

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  • Turkish - Serbian / Serbian - Turkish Dictionary, 2004, ISBN 978-9-75-270322-3[14]
  • Turkish - Bosnian / Bosnian - Turkish Dictionary, 2006, ISBN 978-9-94-458060-1[15]
  • Turkish - Serbian / Serbian - Turkish Dictionary, Revised Second edition, 2010, ISBN 978-6-05-551518-8[16]
  • Turkish - Bosnian / Bosnian - Turkish Dictionary, Second Edition, 2011, ISBN 978-9-94-458060-1
  • Turkish - Serbian / Serbian - Turkish Dictionary, Third Edition, 2012, ISBN 978-6-05-551518-8
  • Bosnian - Turkish Dictionary, 2015, Turkish Language Association , ISBN 978-9-75-163124-4[17]
  • Bosnian - Turkish Dictionary, 2018, Revised Second Publication Turkish Language Association , ISBN 978-9-75-163124-4[18]
  • Bosnian / Turkish Dictionary of Idioms, 2018, ISBN 978 975 1635440[19][20]
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References

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  1. ^ Bayhan, Gamze (January 2020). "Tek Kültür İki Dil: Türkçe-Boşnakça "Şakir Bayhan'ın Eserleri İle Kurulan Kültür Köprüsü"". Turkish Culture and Art Symposium International Proceedings Book 2 Etimesgut Municipal Presidency.
  2. ^ ""Bilingual Dictionaries Published by Turkish Language Institute: Bosnian-Turkish Dictionary"" (PDF).
  3. ^ "İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Mezunları".
  4. ^ ""Turks in Montenegro"". wikipedia.
  5. ^ "Türk Dil Kurumu Şakir Bayhan çalışmaları".
  6. ^ Bayhan, Şakir (2015). "Boşnakça - Türkçe sözlük". ISBN 9789751631244.
  7. ^ "TURKISH - SERBIAN AND SERBIAN - TURKISH LEXICOGRAPHICAL WORKS".
  8. ^ "Bosanski Jezik by University of Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina".
  9. ^ "Turcology Research".
  10. ^ "International Turkish Culture and Language Symposium" (PDF).
  11. ^ Uzun, Yasemin; Türksever, Zeynep (15 March 2020). "ANIMAL PERCEPTION IN BOSNIAN AND TURKISH ACCORDING TO THE IDIOMS". Motif Akademi Halkbilimi Dergisi. 13 (29): 281–293. doi:10.12981/mahder.667454. S2CID 216225225.
  12. ^ "Priča o uspješnom piscu rječnika bosansko-turski, srpsko-turski porijeklom iz Bijelog Polja". 12 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Ormancılar derneği vefat eden üyeler listesi".
  14. ^ Bayhan, Şakir (2004). "Sırpça - Türkçe sözlük". ISBN 9789752703223.
  15. ^ "Boşnakça - Türkçe sözlük". 2006. ISBN 9789944580601.
  16. ^ Yalap, Hakan (2015). ""Sırpça - Türkçe sözlük"". Journal of Turkish Studies. 10 (8): 2407. doi:10.7827/TurkishStudies.8057.
  17. ^ Bayhan, Şakir (2015). "Boşnakça - Türkçe sözlük". ISBN 9789751631244.
  18. ^ "TDK Boşnakça-Türkçe Sözlük 2. Baskı".
  19. ^ "TDK Boşnakça-Türkçe Deyimler Sözlüğü".
  20. ^ "Yeni Yayın: "Boşnakça – Türkçe Deyimler Sözlüğü""".