ANIMAL-RELATED NAMES IN TUVINIAN TOPONYMY

Abstract

The place names of Tuva, as well as in other regions, show that the geographical environment is the primary basis on which they developed. But at the same time, they confirm how vast and rich their topics are. In this article, the author analyzes the toponyms of Tuva with zoo components that reflect the diversity of the fauna of Tuva. Using the example of lexemes collected during complex and dialectological expeditions, as well as extracted from “Toponymic Dictionary of Tuva” by B.Ch. Ondar, the main thematic groups of toponyms with zoocomponents are found out, the names of geographical objects are specified, and examples from the Turkic toponymy are given. The toponyms with the most popular zoo component of adyg ‘bear’ are analyzed in more detail: their lexical and semantic features, the motives for the appearance of zootonyms are considered, the origin of the components is determined.