Features of the lexicon of nature used in the works of Nizami

Abstract

The works of the great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi are rich in units of natural
lexicon. We can see that zoonyms and phytonims are used more in the works of the poet, who wrote
the first “Khamsa” in Persian. In the poems “Khosrov and Shirin”, “Leyli and Majnun” and “Seven
Beauties”, which make up in “Khamsa” we see the title “Admonition to my son Muhammad” in
which aphorisms and proverbs from zoonyms and phytonims are used to give the work an artistic
aesthetic tone. At the same time, the words related to phytonims, zoonyms, relief and climate
lexicon, which make up the lexicon of nature, are described in allegory, metaphor, appellation and
other figurative and sometimes in their true meanings. The units of natural lexicon reflected in
Nizami Ganjavi's poems “Treasury of Mysteries”, “Khosrov and Shirin”, “Leyli and Majnun”,
“Seven Beauties”, “Iskandarnama” (“The Book of Alexander”), which make up “Khamsa”, were
studied in a real sense, as well as in different artistic shades. The etymology of personal names
formed with the participation of natural lexical units contained in the listed works has been
investigated. Examples of natural lexical units are also marked with the original image and
translations in the work. We have tried to group the features of the development of natural lexical
units in Nizami Ganjavi's “Khamsa”.