The Pentaglot Dictionary (Yuzhi Wuti Qing Wenjian), also known as the Manchu Polyglot Dictionary, was a dictionary of major imperial languages compiled in the late Qianlong era (1711-1799) of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912), said to have been compiled some time in 1794. The work contains Manchu lexemes and their translations into various administrative languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian, post-classical or vernacular Chagatai (Eastern Turki, now known as Modern Uyghur since 1921) and Chinese.

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