WORD FORMATION ANALYSIS IN DENDRONYMS: A CASE STUDY OF THE GERMAN AND UZBEK LANGUAGES

Mitanova Shahlo

Authors

Mitanova Shahlo PhD Candidate (Doctoral student) of Samarkand State Institute of Foreign Languages

Keywords:

dendronym, toponymy, Uzbek language, German language, word formation, affixation, semantics.

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the morphological, semantic, and toponymic analysis of dendronym formation in Uzbek and German languages. Dendronyms — place names derived from tree or plant names — reflect national linguistic mentality and cultural identity. The paper outlines the affixal, compositional, and semantic derivation methods using concrete examples, and provides a comparative overview of both language structures.

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