دور المعاجم اللغوية في صناعة المعاجم المتخصصة : معجم الطوبونيميا أنموذجا

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Due to the importance of terminology in sciences’ development, scientists sought to establish particular institutions that carefully define and systematically produce exact concepts to avoid any terminological chaos.

The Arabization of science is strong demand that is shared by Arab specialists and intellectuals.

It seeks to actualize and make Arabic language updated and unified so that it fits science and technology and make them at the service of millions of citizens.

From this standpoint and in response to the urgent scientific need for an Algerian Digital Toponymic Dictionary, The Supreme Council of the Arabic Language has taken upon itself the total responsibility to keep pace with the scientific transformations taking place in this field, in order to move forward towards activating the science of toponymy in several areas of urban development, and in response to modernity that adopts the method of “digitization” through the creation of a specialized toponymic dictionary.

The Algerian Toponymic Dictionary is overloaded with connotations, terms, and themes related to the Algerian toponyms.

It concerns itself with the study of places’ names, and includes all geographical features while focusing on the significance of names of mountains, terrain and valleys, or the names of tribes and thrones, or the names of religious spaces such as mosques and shrines, or the names of neighborhoods, cities and streets.

Accordingly, the present study considers the Algerian Toponymic Dictionary as a real challenge sought by the Supreme Council of the Arabic language and specialist who are interested in the field of toponymy in Algeria