LINGUOCULTURAL FEATURES OF TOPONYMS IN THE EPIC “NAVOIY VA GULI”
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/Keywords:
onomastics, toponym, toponymy, linguoculturology, epic (doston), bakhshi tradition, artistic space, national-cultural connotation, proper noun.Abstract
The article analyzes the linguocultural features of the toponyms (place names) used in the Uzbek folk epic “Navoiy va Guli.” The place names drawn from the text of the epic — Magʻrib–Mashriq (West–East), Samarqand, Hirot (Herat), Xuroson (Khorasan), Isfahon (Isfahan), Sabzavor–Jahon Bozori, Makka–Madina (Mecca–Medina), the Kaʼba, the otherworldly Jannat–Kavsar–Arosat (Paradise–Kawthar–the Plain of Resurrection), and the rhyming triad Dogʻiston–Guliston–Chorbogʻiston — are studied in their semantic, structural and cultural dimensions. Their connection with the people’s historical memory, geographical worldview and religious beliefs is examined, as is their figurative-stylistic function within the literary text.
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