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LEXIS CONNECTED WITH PERSON IN TATAR LANGUAGE

Sibgaeva, F.

Abstract

The Tatar's conception of the world is connected with influence of pagan faith and millennial Islam traditions and its value system. Islam got into everyday life of an individual and had an effect on their lifestyle and household activities. People changed the world not only in the material plan, but also in the mental way. We can get information about how the society lived and what the time was like through studying the things people created. To define the inner mental world of a person a specific lexical item kunel is used in Tatar language. It hasn't got a religious content, it is not related with the organism's physical living. The lexeme kunel is a culture-specific word and can be figuratively translated into other languages as jan (soul) и yorek (heart). The emotions we feel in kunel stay hidden from the eyes of other people. This is shown in Tatar proverbs: Keshe kunele – qarangi ton (word-to-word: The soul of a person is a dark night); Keshe kunele – qara urman, kure almiysin ni barin (The soul of a prson is a somber forest, one can't see what is there). Kunel is also compared with bottomless sea in the proverbs: Keshe kunele – topsez dingez. 1) Intuition is also connected with this lexeme: kunel belen sizu (to feel with the soul). 2) It is also considered in connection with love: kunel qoshi – my beloved. 3) The derivates of this lexeme also prove that it refers to the sphere of feelings: kunelle–joyful, kunelsez– sad. These words are often used in speech. 4) The word kunel is also used in the meaning “state of mind”. Kuterenke kunel means good mood. In this case quiet state of mind and positive feelings are highly appreciated and the negative ones are not. The lexeme kunel is actively used in speech and this demonstrates its importance in the Tatar language. Great ammount of the set expressions with the component kunelalso proves this statement: kunel bushatu - get something off one's chest;kunel gazabi–emotional stress; kunel gekilu – to remember; kunel geutsalu – to make somebody anxious; kunelde saqlau– to keep in mind; kuneldenkitmeu– not to go out of the mind; kunelden uqu – to tell by heart; kunelen bilep alu–to occupy all one's mind; kunelen achu– to entertain somebody; kunelen sindiru – to hurt; kunelen tashitu – to offend strongly; kunelen tabu – to please someone; kunelenne kin tot – 1) don't lose your hope; 2)it can be worse; kunel yoldizi – adoration object, muse; kunel yomsha – to be deeplytouched; kunel qillari – strings of soul; kuneline – the inner world of a person; kunel kuze – the eye of soul, the ability to see an essence of things; kunel kuzesuqir bulu – sincere (mental) blindness; kunel nechkeru – to soften, to be touched. As can be seen from the above kunel is a collection and sequence of material, physical feautures and ideal, mental date. The inner form of the lexical items is specially important for the language consciousness, analysing the etymology of a word uncovers the primary reason of its appearance. Uniting with the lexic meaning the inner form creates a specific “mirror” which lets us see the world through the words. World linguistic phenomenon is consisted of the complex of constructions connected with different forms of understanding the information which corresponds its logical reflection. Every language has its own phraseology. It is connected with native speakers' knowledge about their terrain, the types of traditional activities, peculiratities of their lifestyle and generally the way of life of the ethnos.

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DOI resolver: doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014/B31/S8.017

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