The Muqaddimat al-Adab is a Persian and Chagatai dictionary written by Zamakhshari to teach Arabic in the 12th century. In the 14th century, Mongolian was also added to this dictionary.[1] The first manuscript was found in Bukhara by Abdurauf Fitrat.[2] The oldest surviving copies of the work belong to the 13th–15th centuries. The work, which contains information about the dialects of the Oghuz, Kipchak, and Kangly Turks, was used as a textbook in madrasahs for years. It is one of the most important works after Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk for the Middle Turkic period. It was also essential for the Mongolian language in the 14th century.[3]
| One | نيكان (nykân) | niken | нэг (nigen) | |
| Two | قويار (qwyâr) | koyar | хоёр (khoyor) | |
| Three | غوربان (ğwrbân) | gurban | гурав (gurav) | |
| Four | دوربان (dwrbân) | dörben | дөрөв (döröv) | |
| Five | تابون (tâbwn) | tabun | тав (tav) | |
| Water | اوصون (âwṣwn) | usun | ус (us) | |
| Sky | كوكه (kwkh) | köke | хөх (khökh) (blue),тэнгэр (tenger) (sky) | |
| Time | جاق (jâq) | caq | цаг (tsag) | |
| Year | هون (hwn) | hon | жил (jil) | |
| Star | هودون (hwdwn) | hodun | од (od) | |
| Spring | قابور (qâbwr) | kabur | хавар (khavar) | |
| Summer | جون (jun) | cun | зун (zun) | |
| Autumn | نامور (nâmwr) | namur | намар (namar) | |
| Winter | اوبول (âwbwl) | öbül | өвөл (övöl) |