Muhâkemetü’l-Lugateyn Eserinin Ankara Nüshası
Journal: Türkiyat Mecmuası / Journal of Turkology
Year: 2024

Navayî wrote Muhakamat-al-lughatayn, in which he compared Turkish and Persian in various aspects in the last years of his life. Although it is one of Navayî’s most important works, not as many copies have been created as his divans and Khamsa. The fact that Muhakamat-al-lughatayn is not a literary work impacts this. The hard copies of the work were printed several times in Paris, Istanbul, Crimea and Kokand in the 19th and 20th centuries. Muhakamat-al-lughatayn stands out among Navayî’s works as