ABOUT UZBEK TOPONYMIC LEGENDS

Humanity has long been looking for meaning from names that are incomprehensible to itself and seeks to pronounce it according to its own language. Folk etymology arises in this way, and thus narratives are also woven. The people began to make a living by recognizing the white-black land, rivers-lakes, mountains and hills, grasslands-Meadows under a certain name. This article reflects on the origins of some of the Uzbek toponymic myths