Features of representation of the concept bauur in the Karachay-Balkarian language picture of the world

The article examines the concept of BAUUR (Liver) in the Karachay-Balkarian linguistic picture of the world. This concept covers a fairly wide range of metaphorical images, including at the lev-el of phraseology. The subject of the study was the anthropomorphic metaphorical features that make up the figurative content of the BAUUR concept, and the means of their linguistic verbaliza-tion. When studying this concept, researchers identified some of its universal features, which con-tribute to the ethnic uniqueness in the worldview. It was also revealed that phraseological units with the BAUUR component in the Karachay-Balkar language are widely used to express various emotional and expressive meanings. In the Karachay-Balkar language, as in many Turkic lan-guages, the liver is one of the spiritual and mental centers of a person. The liver can correlate with the soul and heart, and in some cases, people can use it to express various expressions, such as the meaning of breast “kyokurek”. As a result of the analysis, the main types of metaphorical features included in the figurative content of this concept were identified.