COGNİTİVE FOUNDATİONS OF GEOMETRİCAL TERMİNOLOGY İN E. OMARULY’S TEXTBOOK «PİSHİNDEME» (GEOMETRY)

Abstract

The 20th century marks the period of formation of the Kazakh scientific discourse, where national cognition intersected with European scientific knowledge. During this period, the efforts of the Aлаш intellectuals to establish the state language in the field of science hold strategic significance for contemporary Kazakh linguistics. From this perspective, one of the foundational works in the development of Kazakh scientific terminology is E. Omaruly’s textbook «Pishindeme», which demonstrates the cognitive potential of the Kazakh language in the system of geometric terms. Associating abstract geometric concepts with images drawn from everyday experience consistent with the national worldview is not mere translation but a process of transferring scientific knowledge into the national code. The aim of the study is to examine the cognitive-semantic structure of geometric terms in the «Pishindeme» textbook, to identify their nature, national motivation, and the linguistic mechanisms of their formation.  The study material consisted of the terms in E. Omaruly’s «Pishindeme» (1928), analyzed using comprehensive linguistic methods. Guided by the four principles of terminology formation established by A. Baitursynuly, the terms were classified according to three main word-formation methods (synthetic, analytical, and lexico-semantic), and their nominative motivation was analyzed. Furthermore, to identify the nominative motivation and conceptual content of the terms, methods of cognitive analysis, linguacultural interpretation, as well as definitional and semantic modeling were employed.The research focused on the author’s concept of linking structurally abstract geometric concepts with the national worldview. The analysis demonstrated that several geometric terms, such as berne, kindik, oris, zharmа, kerme, kyima, tenqiik, and kostaban, possess imagery revealing their geometric function. E. Omaruly’s practice of adapting foreign terms to the phonetic laws of Kazakh (siynus, santiymetir) and reviving ancient Turkic layers (ushkil, tortkil) was scientifically systematized. The study’s significance lies in demonstrating that the Alash intellectuals successfully combined terminological consistency with applied orientation within a new paradigm. The conclusions are of practical importance for revitalizing national term formation, improving terminological dictionaries, and strengthening the scientific-intellectual domain of the state language.