LEXICAL-SEMANTIC AND ETYMOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PLANET NAMES IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK
Keywords:
planet names, astronomical terminology, lexical semantics, etymology, English, Uzbek, comparative linguistics, scientific terminology.Abstract
Planet names are an important part of astronomical terminology and scientific vocabulary. The research employs comparative, descriptive, lexical-semantic, and etymological methods to analyze the origin, meaning, structure, and linguistic adaptation of planetary names in both languages. The findings reveal that most English planet names derive from Roman and Greek mythology and entered English through Latin, whereas the Uzbek equivalents have mainly been borrowed through international scientific terminology and adapted to the phonological and orthographic norms of the Uzbek language.
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