Dirks, William. "Zangori kema: Uzbek - English dictionary / Inglizcha - O'zbekcha lug'at," http://uzbek.firespeaker.org/
Dirks's free online dictionary contains English definitions for many Uzbek words that relate to popular Islam in Central Asia. For example: bibi (seshanba), mavlud, murshid, namoz, otin, pir, etc.
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Frank, Allen J. and Jahangir Mamatov. Dictionary of Central Asian Islamic Terms. Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press, 2002.
This dictionary attempts to fill the gap left by many Soviet era dictionaries of the Central Asian languages that did not include many Islamic terms. It's sources are Islamic documents and audio recordings in the region corroborated by native speakers. It contains an Index of words from and dictionary entries with variant spellings from the following languages. Arabic, Bakshir, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Tatar, Turkmen, Uygur, and Uzbek.
Sections: Introduction; What is an Islamic Terms; Sources; Central Asia; Sources (graphic and audio); Abbreviations; Indexes; The Dictionary. Descriptors: 2000s, audio, bibliographic, book, dictionary, F, linguistics, M, post-Soviet
This dictionary attempts to fill the gap left by many Soviet era dictionaries of the Central Asian languages that did not include many Islamic terms. It's sources are Islamic documents and audio recordings in the region corroborated by native speakers. It contains an Index of words from and dictionary entries with variant spellings from the following languages. Arabic, Bakshir, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Tatar, Turkmen, Uygur, and Uzbek.
Sections: Introduction; What is an Islamic Terms; Sources; Central Asia; Sources (graphic and audio); Abbreviations; Indexes; The Dictionary. Descriptors: 2000s, audio, bibliographic, book, dictionary, F, linguistics, M, post-Soviet
Walsh, Harry H. “Turkic-Speaking Peoples.” In Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey, edited by Richard V. Weekes, 422-427. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
This chapter is mostly linguistic and shows the diversity of Turkic people in Central Asia. Here is one of the few quotes about Islam from page 427: "The Kirgiz, alone among the eastern Turks [Kirgiz-Kipchak and Khakas-Yakut], practice Islam, albeit with a shamanistic substratum." Descriptors: 1970s, bibliographic, chapter, identity, linguistics, Soviet, W; syncretism
This chapter is mostly linguistic and shows the diversity of Turkic people in Central Asia. Here is one of the few quotes about Islam from page 427: "The Kirgiz, alone among the eastern Turks [Kirgiz-Kipchak and Khakas-Yakut], practice Islam, albeit with a shamanistic substratum." Descriptors: 1970s, bibliographic, chapter, identity, linguistics, Soviet, W; syncretism
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