Lexical and Semantic Analysis of the Lexeme baltyrγan ‘Hogweed’: Based on the Corpus of the Bashkir Language
Identification of names of plant curatives and substances in folk and fiction texts shows close interactions between man and the world, attitudes of people towards nature. Research in phytonyms and medicinal plant names proper is most essential for the understanding of a nation’s cultural heritag...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр
2020-12-01
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Series: | Oriental Studies |
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Online Access: | https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2664/2446 |
Summary: | Identification of names of plant curatives and substances in folk and fiction texts shows
close interactions between man and the world, attitudes of people towards nature. Research in
phytonyms and medicinal plant names proper is most essential for the understanding of a nation’s
cultural heritage. The paper examines the lexeme балтырған in Bashkir discourse. Materials. The
analyzed materials include linguistic dictionaries, folklore and fiction texts of the Machine Fund of
the Bashkir Language, and etymological dictionaries of Altaic languages. Goals. The study aims
at a comparative investigation of the lexeme балтырған ‘hogweed’. Results. The term proves a
widespread phytonym in Bashkir discourse, which is attested by that it denotes a wide range of
plant species in Bashkir and has parallels in other Turkic and Mongolic languages. The lexeme is
included in academic, explanatory, dialectal, phrasal, and mythological dictionaries of the Bashkir
language. The comparative analysis shows that baltyrγan ‘hogweed’ usually denotes a plant of the
order Apiales, a medicinal herb. Baltyrγan~ baltirγana contains the initial bal / baltïr / baldïr with the
meaning ‘green, young, fresh’.
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ISSN: | 2619-0990 2619-1008 |