NAMES OF VILLAGES DERIVED FROM NAMES OF PEOPLE IN THE SHCHELKOVO DISTRICT OF THE MOSCOW REGION AND THE PAGMAN DISTRICT OF KABUL DISTRICT

Abstract

The article contains names of villages in Shchelkovsky District of Moscow Oblast and Paghmana District in Kabul. These names are a unique reflection of the linguistic culture of two peoples speaking unrelated languages of interest. The novelty of the work is due to the fact that similar comparative studies on Afghan and Russian toponyms have not yet been carried out. Significant results of the study include the identification of distinctive motives in the names of Afghan and Russian villages, which include motives associated with the clan structure of certain layers of Afghan society, as well as motives associated with the consolidation in toponymy of the names of certain individuals who contributed to the development and improvement of those or other populated areas. In Russian practice, names are based, as a rule, on the names and surnames of the alleged first settlers and former owners of villages and hamlets.