NAMES OF THE BLACK COLOR IN THE RUSSIAN AND AVAR COLOR PAINTINGS OF THE WORLD

Abstract

The article explores black symbols in Russian and Avar language paintings of the world. On the basis of a comparative study of functional-semantic features of color naming, black in phraseological units and proverbial expressions of pedigree Avar and Russian languages reveal their general and ethno-national features. As a result of the study, it was found that in comparable languages the color black has common meanings, mainly related to the transmission of the semantics “bad”, “related to evil”, “related to death”. At the same time, in the Avar language, this color is also used in a positive connotative meaning – as a designation of something rare, unique. In Russian, various semantic meanings are associated with this color, which are not in the Avar language due to the lack of corresponding realities in Avar culture.