A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SEMANTIC EQUIVALENCE OF "VAFODORLIK" AND "FAITHFULNESS" IN BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES

This study focuses at the semantic equivalency between the English word “faithfulness” and the Uzbek word “vafodorlik” as it appears in a few bilingual dictionaries. It shows subtleties in translation, such as cultural implications derived from Uzbek moral philosophy, through a comparative lexical analysis. Results show partial equivalency with differences in contextual usage, with implications for cross-cultural semantics and lexicography.