THE CONCEPT OF GARIBI (“WANDERING”) IN THE TAJIK LANGUAGE CULTURE: THE EXPERIENCE OF LINGUOCULTURAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The article attempts to conduct a linguocultural analysis of the concept of garibi (“wandering") as a reflection of the Tajik linguistic world image. The research is carried out on the material of selected lexicographic sources, letters and messages to relatives from Tajikistan to Afghanistan and vice versa, which appeared in 1992 and were broadcasted on the air of the special program Hoki Watan (“Dust of the Motherland") of the state radio “Tajikistan", when thousands of people fled to Afghanistan during the civil war in Tajikistan (1992-1997).

The researched radio broadcasts are a vivid evidence that Tajik women as subjects of the Tajik-Persian language world image have made a great contribution to the return of their relatives, Tajik refugees, from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to their homeland. They appealed to their close people, using the garib concept not only to describe their position in a foreign land, but also to transfer their emotional experience, involvement in common grief, sympathy and compassion. The spiritual condition of the authors of the messages was expressed in poetic fragments included in the texts.

As a linguocultural element, the concept of garib reflects the socio-political situation in Tajikistan, the distress of the Tajik people, the emotional state of media communication participants - witnesses of the civil war (1992-1997).

The study of this concept in the Tajik mentality in modern conditions is extremely important. Because, firstly, the bulk of Tajik labor migrants live and work in Russia, and in general, under the influence of globalization processes, many Tajiks choose other countries for temporary or permanent residence; secondly, the Tajik language is taught in Russian universities as a foreign language or the second eastern one.