The Role of Terminology in Enriching Kurdish Dictionary

This study is a part of my PhD dissertation entitled (The Role of Terminology in Enriching Kurdish Dictionary), This study is an attempt to approach a basic method of Kurdish lexicon development, namely terminology, which has a vital role in its enrichment process especially to bring the language up to date. To catch up with modern life which has been witnessing unlimited number of inventions and new concepts, new technical terms are coined and later become a deep-rooted part of the language. Consequently, new entries find their way to the language dictionary. Terminology covers terms that are technically used in different domains like science, literature, policy, etc. The present descriptive study aims at depicting how terminology enriches Kurdish lexicon. The examples provided in the study are terms which are of technical uses in various special domains. The study is of two sections. The first is theoretical and explicates the concept of terminology and what is relevant to the term. The second part includes two sections: one sheds light on lexicography and the general and specific importance of dictionary; and other deals with coining technical terms and the foreign terminology in Kurdish language with special investigation to the ways they have entered the Kurdish dictionary. In the conclusion, the results are manifested and tailed with the list of the references used in the study.