Armağân

Armağân means gift. Şemseddin Sami records the Persian-form word with a small reversal: it is taken from the Turkish armağan.

A word travels into another language and returns carrying the same gesture — something offered from one person to another.

In the Mestûr collection, words from Şemseddin Sami’s Kâmus-ı Türkî reappear as singular artworks on their own historic pages, carrying language, memory, and gesture into the present.

Technical details
- ink on an original 125-year-old Kâmus-ı Türkî dictionary page.
Size: [height × width] cm
Dictionary reference: Page [number], [column] column, line [number]
Year: 2026
Presentation: Sold and shipped unframed.