SEMANTICS OF THE RED COLOR IN EPIC TEXTS (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BASED ON THE MATERIAL OF THE YAKUT OLONKHO AND ALTAI, KHAKASS EPICS)

Abstract

The article discusses the semantics of the designation of the red color in the epic texts of related Turkic peoples – the Yakuts, Khakass and Altaians. The researcher pays attention to adjectives. A rich number of color designations of the Turkic languages are found in the epic texts, since it is here, where the way of life of the ancestors, the way of life of the people, the geographical environment, world perception and culture are preserved. The study of the semantics of lexical units has been and remains one of the most important and urgent problems of semasiology. The objective of the article is to analyze the entire volume of lexical meanings of red in the language of the Yakut Olonkho, and the subsequent identification of universal and idioethnic features in the color designation system of the Yakut, Khakass and Altai epics. The work reveals universal and idioethnic features in the system of color designations of the Yakut, Khakass and Altai epics.