Gabeskiriya, Sh. Lexicon of the Works of Yunus Emre (Leksika proizvedeniy Yunusa Emre), 1983. In Russian.

Габескирия Ш. В. Лексика произведений Юнуса Эмре / АН Грузинской ССР, Ин-т востоковедения им. Г. В. Церетели.
Тбилиси : Мецниереба, 1983.
230 с. Мягкая издательская обложка, обычный формат (21 см). Тираж 600 экз.
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Gabeskiriya, Sh. V. Lexicon of the Works of Yunus Emre (Leksika proizvedeniy Yunusa Emre) / Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, G. V. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies.
Tbilisi : Metsniereba, 1983.
230 pp. Softcover publisher’s binding, ordinary format (21 cm). Print run: 600 copies.

This 1983 monograph, published by the prestigious "Metsniereba" press under the auspices of the G. V. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies, is a profound linguistic and philological investigation into the poetic heritage of Yunus Emre (c. 1238–1320). Yunus Emre, the legendary Turkish Sufi mystic and poet, is credited with exerting a monumental influence on Turkish literature by composing in the vernacular Old Anatolian Turkish rather than the Persian or Arabic favored by the elites of his time.
The author, Shalva Gabeskiriya, provides a systematic analysis of the lexical layers found in Yunus Emre’s Divan and his Risalat al-Nushiyya. The work is significant for tracing the transition from Old Turkic to the literary language of the Seljuk and early Ottoman periods. Gabeskiriya meticulously categorizes the poet's vocabulary, examining the interplay between native Turkic roots and the religious-philosophical terminology borrowed from Arabic and Persian, which Emre skillfully adapted to fit the rhythmic and phonetic structures of folk poetry.
A major focus of the study is the "democratization" of the literary language. Gabeskiriya explores how Yunus Emre utilized the lexicon of everyday life to express complex mystical concepts of Sufism (Tasawwuf), making the path to divine love accessible to the common people. The book analyzes synonyms, archaisms, and the semantic evolution of key terms related to the soul, the heart, and the beloved. This linguistic approach offers historians and philologists a window into the socio-cultural landscape of 13th-century Anatolia.
Given its highly specialized nature and the remarkably small print run of only 600 copies, this edition is an exceptional bibliographical rarity. It represents the high standard of Turkology achieved by the Georgian school of Oriental studies in Tbilisi. For linguists specializing in Turkic languages, scholars of medieval Islamic mysticism, and collectors of rare academic Georgica, Gabeskiriya’s work remains a vital and authoritative resource.