Global Advanced Research Journal of Management and Business Studies (GARJMBS) ISSN: 2315-5086 December 2012 Vol. 1(11), pp 425-427

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Original Research Articles

Borrowing words from Turkish to Kurdish 

Naci Yildiz and Azamad Akbarov 

Ishik University Erbil IraqBurch University Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina

Corresponding Author’s E-mail: yildiznaci@hotmail.com 

Abstract 16 December 2012

Abstract

Language is in the process of change in the course of time. Most of the languages  have taken several steps of modifications  by changing or  by borrowing  words. Kurdish language like other languages in the world passed through a number of stages until reaches the present position. We can see different words in Kurdish language   which  were borrowed  from different languages , such as,  Persian, English,  Turkish and Arabic. The aim of this study is to examine the borrowing words from Turkish to Kurdish. Owing to geographical influence and being neighbor of each other, Kurdish language has taken a good deal of Turkish words. There are numerous causes behind availability of Turkish words in Kurdish language; the most essential one is incursion element. This study attempts to demonstrate the common ideas behind borrowing words and the causes behind borrowing words, generally, the borrowing words from Turkish to Kurdish. 

Keywords: Turkish, Kurdish, borrowing, incursion