Motivation characteristics of nomination medicinal plants

Hajiakhmedov Nurmagomed Elderkhanovich, Aybatyrova Pakhay Kazbekovna, Hajiakhmedova Aida Nurmagomedovna

The article considers the motivational features that formed the basis of the nomination of medicinal plants in the Kumyk language. The principles of nominating the names of many plants are based on somatic, topological-logical and functional motivational features. The taste qualities of plant fruits, their specific smell, and tactile signs also formed the basis for the motivation of pharmacophytonyms. Unproductive are the motivational signs of the "ethnonym," signs associated with related relationships and characteristics of the person. The study showed that in the Kumyk language there are quite a lot of names of medicinal plants created on the basis of the metaphorical nomination of flora, according to some models. The national-cultural features of the nomination of medicinal herbaceous plants reflect the anthropometric perception of the surrounding world.

Keywords:phytonym, pharmacophytonym, principles of nomination, motivation feature, Kumyk language.