Position of Arabic language among the Kurds

Subject Areas : Persian Language and Literature

Abdullah Rasoulnejad ¹ , Hassan Sarbaz ²

1 - Assistant Professor, University of Kurdistan
2 - Assistant Professor, University of Kurdistan

Received: 2014-06-10 Accepted : 2014-08-21 Published : 2014-11-22

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Abstract :

With  the  advent  of  Islam  and  descendant  of  Holy  Quran,  Arabic language moved from a local ethnic language to a language of Islamic culture  and  civilization.  From  the  early  first  century  of  AD,  it  swept through the Arab island boundaries and spread to Mediterranean coast, Asia Minor, Iran, and Transoxiana (Mawarannahr). Therefore, it became the scientific and literary language of Islamic nations including Arab and non-Arabs. Arabic language, whether being religiously the language of Quran and Islam or scientifically having had significant role in keeping multi-century intellectual heritage of humanity, has always possessed a lofty position among all nations. Also, Kurds as a part of Islamic society, who consciously accepted Islam with open arms became so enamored of Holy Quran and eternal mission of prophet of Islam that, preserving their mother tongue, they selected  Arabic  as  their  scientific  and  literary  language.  Accordingly, Kurd scholars and scientists wrote most of their religious, scientific, philosophical, and literary works in Arabic. Public honored that they were capable of getting familiar with Arabic even at the level of some prayers and religious ritual terms. Providing   worthwhile   achievements   for   Arabic   language,   Kurd scholars have inherited valuable works regarding morphology, syntax, rhetoric, etc. This research, using descriptive and content analysis methods, tries to investigate the works of the most outstanding Kurd scientists and men of letters in the area of Arabic language including morphology, syntax, and rhetoric to clarify the position of Arabic among Kurds.