Download or read book The Oxford Turkish Dictionary written by Fahir İz and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Turkish Dictionary combines for the first time in a single volume all the elements of two standard works: The Oxford English-Turkish Dictionary and The Oxford Turkish-English Dictionary. English-Turkish coverage includes new English words and senses; a basic scientific vocabulary; geographical and historical items; political, financial, and military vocabulary; the more common Americanisms and American spellings, and some Australian vocabulary; a guide to prefixes and suffixes; and the meanings of abbreviations. The presentation ensures maximum convenience for Turkish speakers, and the notation for English pronunciation is based on the Turkish alphabet. Up-to-date Turkish-English coverage includes new loanwords (mainly in the field of science), a survey of modern idiomatic constructions in an easily accessible form, and cross-references to the appropriate sections of G.L. Lewis, Turkish Grammar (OUP) for items of special grammatical significance.