LINGUOCULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF DESCRIPTIVE AND APOTROPAIC NAMES IN UZBEK ANTHROPONYMY

Abstract

This article analyzes the factors behind the emergence of so-called descriptive names in Uzbek anthroponymy, as well as the ethnographic and linguacultural beliefs associated with them. The author highlights the role of belief in the magic of words, the desire to protect infants from evil forces, unnatural occurrences during childbirth, and the naming of visible marks on a child's body as traditional ways of forming apotropaic (protective) names. Drawing on the works of scholars such as E.Begmatov and S.Kenzhayeva, the article examines ancient Uzbek beliefs and perceptions of mythical enemy forces (e.g., alvasti, dev, pari, the evil eye) through the lens of anthroponyms