THE IMAGE OF A WOMAN IN THE TURKIC WORLD AND ITS EXPRESSION IN PROVERBS

Abstract

The article deals withimage of a woman in the Turkic world as a concept and its reflection in proverbs, sayings of Kazakh, Turkish languages. The anthropocentric paradigmoriginated and deeply rooted in almost all fields of science, including linguistics,openedway for studying relationship between a language and  population that speaks it from a new perspective. That is, through language, one can recognize a person,society,people,culture in which he or she lives. Proverbs are a bunch that collect valuable cultural information in language and pass it on through generations.

The purpose of article is to analyze and conclude theme of a woman in linguistic representation of Turkic world based on proverbs. A woman represents a component of binary opposition of a woman and a man, which in turn formsbasis of existence. Thus, theme of a woman, her role in society, family always remains relevant. A woman is beginning of life, main figure in birth and offspring upbringing. Question of how role and place of women in historical and comparative paradigm in the Turkic world was assessed is discussed in comparison with Western philosophy, and article providesanswer through a conceptual and interpretive analysis of proverbs. This determines article’s scientific significance. The description of woman’s imagebased on legends, sagas common amongpeople, starting fromancient written monuments of ancient Saka, Hunnic,Turkic, Uyghur states that inhabitedlands of the Turkic peoples in Central Asia, is an indicator ofscientific novelty ofarticle. The scientific result ofwork iscollection and analysis of proverbs, sayings related tobehavior, manners and upbringing of a girl from birth to becoming  bride, creating a family,patroness of the hearth. The results ofarticle will be a very valuable source from the point of view of linguoculturology and sociology.