THE TOPONYMIC VOCABULARY OF THE GAININ BASHKIRS IN THE ETYMOLOGICAL ASPECT

Abstract

The article is devoted to the etymological analysis of the toponymic vocabulary of the Gainin Bashkirs of Bardymsky District of Perm Krai. The study was carried out on the field material of the dialectological and folklore expedition in 2023 to Bardymsky District, collected from representatives of the older and middle generation of Bashkir settlements. The paper analyzes oikonyms, oronyms and hydronyms of the Bardymsky District, which were voiced in the speech of the informants. Fragments of legends and stories of informants, which, according to the authors of the article, are of great interest, are shared. As the analysis of all three groups of toponyms – oikonyms, oronyms and hydronyms has shown, the root structure of these names consists of both personal names and the names of certain concepts, events or phenomena. When analyzing the grammatical plan, it was revealed that the constructions of toponymic lexemes are characterized by the first type of metaphor, that is, the suffixless expression of the word being defined.