MAHMUD AL-KASHGARI AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO TURKIC LEXICOGRAPHY
MAHMUD AL-KASHGARI AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO TURKIC LEXICOGRAPHY Avaliyev Adilzhan Utemgaliyeva Nasihat, doctor PhD Avakova Raushan, Doctor of Philology, Professor Mahmud al-Kashgari, a distinguished scholar of the 11th century, is celebrated as one of the most important figures in Turkic linguistics and cultural history. Born in Kashgar, a prominent city in the modern Xinjiang region of China, he belonged to a noble family of the Karakhanid dynasty, which ruled significant portions of Central