FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF FLORISTIC LEXICON IN KARABAKH DIALECTS AND TOPONYMS

Abstract

The history of the first settlements of Karabakh the land of Azerbaijan dates back to thousands years ago. From the archeological point of view found by Professor Mammadali Huseynov, the lower jawbone of an ancient man belonging to the Paleolithic period, typical of the Ashel culture, was discovered in the land of Karabakh. Karabakh, which has an ancient history, is also rich in a number of endemic plants. The Khari-bulbul is the symbolic attribute of the Patriotic War grows only in Karabakh. The dialects of the rich land of Karabakh also attract attention with their floristic lexicon. Thus, floristic units appear not only in the dialects of the Karabakh region, but also in the toponyms of this region. When we study the existing toponyms, we can see that they are some-times given to several settlements in the Karabakh zone. On the other hand, a number of similarities and differences in the dialects of the Karabakh region also attract attention. While exploring the Karabakh dialects, we can see that a large number of floristic lexical units are used in different grammatical structures. Sometimes these compound nouns are derived from human names, organs, or personal names. Floristic lexicon appears in different forms in the dialects and toponyms of different regions of Karabakh. The researching of the development of floristic lexicon in such different forms is important from both a toponymic and dialectological point of view.