FIGURATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE MEANING OF THE LEXICAL UNITS “SAÇ” AND “ZULF”, MEANING “HAIR” IN THE WORK OF NASIMI

Abstract

One of the characteristic and mysterious features of the work of the poet-thinker Imaddin Nasimi, who lived and
worked in the late XIV and early XV centuries, is the symbolism of words. From the context of the verses, it becomes
clear that the lexical units used here, including the words “saç” and “zülf”, denoted by “hair”, are not used in the literal
sense, but figuratively. In medieval religious Tasavwuf literature, the associativity of the concept, for example: the hair
of the prophet Muhammad ↔ Koran ↔ ayata, was one of the traditional literary ways of expressing the subtextual
designation. Phraseological expressions found in the works of Nasimi “zülfünə başın top edibən” (sacrifice life in the
name of Your hair), “zülf çövkan yar” (the will of the Lord and hair), the names of the Qur'an suras and quoting words and phrases, or whole sentences from the verses The Koran (Ta-ha, Yasin, həblülmətin, vəl-mürsəlat, ələm nəşrəh, vəşşəms, inna hüdeynahüs-səbil, etc.), the name of the Arabic calligraphy reyhanı (Reyhani), zülfedammedimad with the
form of the letter jim ج (are used as associative concepts of the Koran. The mystical poet Nasimi uses the expression
“hair fragrance” in his poems, which is deeply symbolic and is characteristic of religious Tasavwuf literature. Since the
terms ətr, ənbər, müşk (aroma, amber, musk) communicate the truth and essence of something. And the black color of
the hair of the Messenger of Allah is illustrated in the Nasimi language with interesting artistic means: küfr, leyl, zəngi,
zülümat, şam, qaranqu, zill (blasphemy, night, black, darkness, evening, shadow).