Dictionaries
- Develioğlu, Ferit. Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat: Eski ve yeni harflerle. Ankara: Aydın Kitabevi, 2000.
Devellioğlu’s dictionary lists entries in their Turkish transliteration. The words in original Ottoman Turkish follow the transliterations. It is useful if you want to check the right vocalization of a word or find the equivalent of a word you know in Arabic script].
- Redhouse, James W. A Turkish and English Lexicon. İstanbul, 1856 and 2001.
[Although it is easier to access the latest editions i.e., 20th and 21st century editions, of this dictionary, I recommend the 19th century edition to my students. The 19th century Redhouse, unlike the more recent editions, lists words in Ottoman Turkish followed by their Turkish transliterations. It is quite useful especially if one has hard time reading the words in Arabic script. The very first edition of Redhouse from 1856 is available and free through google books, here]
- Frasheri, Şemsettin Sami. Kamus-ı Türki. Dersaadet: Ikdam Matbaasi, 1317.
[Any graduate student learning and studying Ottoman Turkish should be familiar with Şemsettin Sami’s dictionary, which is fortunately available online: https://archive.org/details/KamusiTurki]
Grammar Books
- Buğday, Korkut. The Routledge Introduction to Literary Ottoman. NY: Routledge, 2009.
- Develi, Hayati. Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu. Vol. 1. İstanbul: Kitabevi, 2004. (available @Green Library)
- Osmanlı Türkçesi Kılavuzu. Vol. 2. İstanbul: Kitabevi, 2004. (available @Green Library)
- Ergin, Muharrem. Osmanlıca Dersleri. İstanbul: Boğaziçi Yayınları, 1995, 2000.
- Timurtaş, Faruk K. Osmanlı Türkçesine Giriş: Eski Yazı, Gramer, Aruz, Metinler. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Yayınları, 1987.
- Osmanlı Türkçesi Grameri: Eski Yazı ve İmla, Arapça, Farsça, Eski Anadolu Türkçesi. İstanbul: Alfa Basım Yayın, 1999.
William Burckhardt Barker, A Practical Grammar of the Turkish Language: With Dialogues and Vocabulary, London: B. Quaritch, 1854
