Yusuf Isa Halim
| Yusuf Isa Halim Iusuf Isa Halim | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1894 Bílbíl, today Ciocârlia, Constanța County, Romania |
| Died |
1982 Medgidia |
| Nationality | Tatar |
| Occupation | Poet, schoolteacher, linguist |
| Known for | He authored the first Romanian-Turkish dictionary. |
| Religion | Muslim |
Yusuf Isa Halim (also transliterated in Romanian as Iusuf Isa Halim) (1894–1982) was a Dobrujan-born Tatar poet, schoolteacher and linguist known for authoring the first Romanian-Turkish dictionary.[1][2][3]
Biography
Yusuf Isa was born in 1894 in Bílbíl, today officially known as Ciocârlia, a Nogai village situated in the Tatar countryside west of Mangalia, in Dobruja. He graduated in 1915 from the Medrese of Medğidiye/Medgidia and he served as a schoolteacher in Malşuwa/Abrud, Kavarna, Pazarjik, Bogaz-Kóy (Cernavodă). In 1930 he published in Pazarjik, now Dobrich in Bulgaria, the first Romanian-Turkish dictionary.[1][2][3]
Citations
Sources
- Ekrem, Mehmet Ali (1994). Din Istoria Turcilor Dobrogeni (in Romanian). Bucureşti: Kriterion. ISBN 9789732603840.
- Gârlan, Miktat (June 2005). "Bükreş Türkleri tarih ve demografi". Hakses (in Turkish) 2005 (June). Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- Munteanu, Ana Maria. "Muzeul etnografic viu şi imaginile sale în mentalul occidental" (in Romanian). adinterculturala.wordpress.com. Asociatia pentru Dezvoltare Interculturala. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
See also
- Tatars in Romania