LINGUOCULTURAL FEATURES OF TOPONYMS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Keywords:
Keywords: toponym, place name, linguacultural, English, Uzbek, etymology, comparative analysis.Abstract
Abstract
Place names are studied in this article as language units that keep history, culture,
memory, and social experience. The main aim is to compare English and Uzbek
toponyms and show how cultural meaning is carried in their form and use. Attention is
given to lexical structure, etymological layers, semantic motivation, and cultural
background. The study is based on books and articles on onomastics and toponymy,
and on selected literary examples from Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the
Baskervilles and Abdulla Qodiriy’s Bygone Days. Descriptive, comparative,
etymological, and linguocultural methods are used. The analysis shows that English
toponyms often preserve old settlement and administrative history, while Uzbek
toponyms often reflect landscape, trade routes, local life, and layered contact with
Persian, Arabic, and Turkic traditions. As a result, toponyms are shown as cultural
signs rather than simple geographical labels. The article may be useful for comparative
linguistics, translation studies, and linguocultural research.
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