Ajem-Turkic

Ajem-Turkic
Ajami Turkic
  • Middle Azeri
  • Middle Azerbaijanian
ترکی عجمی‎
Türkī-yi ʿacemī
RegionIran, Eastern Anatolia, Southern Caucasus, Dagestan
Era15th—18th centuries
Developed into Azerbaijani
Turkic
Early form
Perso-Arabic alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3–

Ajem-Turkic or Ajami Turkic[1] (ترکی عجمی‎; Türkī-yi ʿacemī,[2] lit. 'Persian Turkic'[3] or 'Persian Turkish'),[4] also known as Middle Azeri[3] or Middle Azerbaijanian,[4] is the Turkic vernacular spoken in Iran between the 15th and 18th centuries. The modern Azerbaijani language is descended from this language.[3]

  1. ^ H. Boeschoten (2009). "Alexander Stories in Ajami Turkic". Turcologica. 75. Wiesbaden.
  2. ^ In Honor of the Turkologist!: Essays Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Ekrem Čaušević. Zagreb: Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. 2022. pp. 103–105. ISBN 978-953-175-937-3.
  3. ^ a b c Stein 2014.
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