Kazakh mythic names
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Date
2018-04-17
Authors
Agabekova, Zhazira
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INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL ASIA SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS BOOK "Migration, Poverty and Identity”
Abstract
Human names have a significant role in the history of humanity. However, it cannot be
considered that history started from the moment when names had started being known. It is
important to take into consideration mythic characters in mythological system. In this case
spreading mythic characters without names is as hard as spreading myths without characters.
This means that character names is the base of formation of the notion about mythological
system.
As well as in other countries, in Kazakh history different models of human names and
the system of names that demonstrate national existence were formed. There is a tradition of
giving name to a newborn child that is only intrinsic for Kazakh people. This means that
Kazakh anthroponomy is distinctively significant evidence of congenital characteristics of
Kazakh people, traditional Kazakh world outlook, ideology, political and social conditions in
historical periods, a lifestyle closely linked to the ecosystem, and even environment and
animals. The importance of Kazakh anthroponymy is that high, that it is not enough to
consider it only as one of the evidences of the ethnos formation, it also should be considered
that anthroponomy is a significant historical and spiritual step in arranging and settling the
inherent nature of Kazakh nation that started their own way of development.
It is also possible to see what beliefs Kazakh people hold, what political and
ideological beliefs they were dependent on, what aspects they tried to imitate when giving
names referring to historical reasons. Every literate person must understand that names such
as Bitkoz, Bokbasar, Tezek, Kotibar that have negative meaning or such as Sovetkhan,
Kolkhozbek, Sovkhozbek, Democrat, Decret, Mels (Marx-Engels-Lenin-Stalin), Kim
(Communistic International of Youth), Renat (Revolution-Science-Work), Leninshil,
Maskeubay, Oktyabr, Syezbek, Orysbay, Chapai, Ernest, Clara, Roza, Zhanna, Gulzhana,
Asema, Gulnara are not appropriate for fresh minded, free spirited and independent Kazakh
people. This means that when giving name to a newborn child it is not right to selfishly
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choose the name, but it is important to take into account that he is the part of Kazakh ethnos.
This is one way of serving to the national distinctiveness, independence and freedom.
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Onomastics, mythology, anthroponymy
Citation
Agabekova, Zhazira. (2018) KAZAKH MYTHIC NAMES. INTERNATIONAL CENTRAL ASIA SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS BOOK "Migration, Poverty and Identity”. Bishkek.: 2018. – 1292 s.