ETHNOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF CLOTHING NAMES IN UZBEK AND ENGLISH PAREMIOLOGICAL UNITS

Abstract

This article investigates the ethnolinguistic characteristics of clothing names within the paremiological systems of the Uzbek and English languages. Proverbs and sayings are regarded as a “cultural code” that preserves a nation’s historical experience and social values. The article analyzes how traditional and modern garments function as metaphorical tools to express concepts of social status, morality, gender, and identity. By employing a comparativetypological approach, the study reveals that while both cultures use clothing to signify social hierarchy, the Uzbek language emphasizes collective honor and ceremonial status (centered around the to‘n and do‘ppi), whereas English paremias often reflect individual pragmatism and economic discipline (centered around the coat and hat). The findings contribute to the fields of cognitive linguistics, paremiology, and intercultural communication by highlighting the unique “linguistic pictures of the world” inherent in these two genetically unrelated languages