TERRITORIAL DIFFERENCES IN THE LEXICAL-SEMANTIC STRUCTURE OF OIKONYMS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KARAKALPAKSTAN

Abstract. The article studies the lexical and semantic typology of oikonyms of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, in connection with which, at the first stage of the work, research works devoted to the semantic classification of geographical names were analyzed. The authors of the article subdivided the oikonyms of the Republic of Karakalpakstan into 16 lexical and semantic groups: oikonyms associated with the features of the geographical location; oikonyms associated with the features of the relief; oikonyms formed from oronyms; oikonyms associated with the features of the soil; oikonyms formed from hydronyms; phytooikonyms; zooikonyms; ethnooikonyms; anthropoikonyms; oikonyms associated with professions and areas of economic activity; oikonyms associated with household and farm buildings; oikonyms formed from historical terms; mythical oikonyms; strange names; migration oikonyms (displaced names); modern (standard) names. Based on statistical analysis by regions of the republic, territorial differences in the etymology of oikonyms were identified and a map of the lexical-semantic structure of oikonymy of the Republic of Karakalpakstan was compiled. Key words: toponym, oikonym, hydronym, oronym, ethnonym, phytonym, anthroponym, zoonym, lexical-semantic, classification.