THE IMAGE OF THE MOTHER IN UZBEK AND RUSSIAN PROVERBS

Аннотация

This article attempts a logical analysis of proverbs about women created in the Russian and Uzbek languages. It discusses reflections on the similarities between proverbs in Uzbek and Russian. Keywords: Proverb, epic, story, song, V.P. Zhukov, O. Safarov, "Mother is the pride of the world", "Know your mother as thesun, knowyour father as themoon". Mother! This word is so pleasant, sweet, affectionate, empowering, charming, and priceless. The mother holds equal value for every nation. Therefore, all peoples around the world have theirown songs, proverbs, epics, stories, and fairy tales about mothers. Each nation creates wise sayings and folk wisdom based on its rich history and life experience. This folk wisdom is passed downfrom generation to generation orally, finding expression inproverbs, sayings, tales, riddles, tongue twisters, and parables. These genres are among the ancient forms of folk oral creativity, with deep roots stretching back manycenturies. Proverbs have been extensively studied by both foreign and Uzbek scholars. Russian scholar V.P. Zhukov, having studied proverbs, notes: “It is difficult to determine exactly when proverbs began to be used among the people; however, it is certain that they appeared a very long time ago and have accompanied humanity throughout its entire existence” [3, 13]. Folklorist O. Safarov, after examining proverbs, explains that regardless of their poetic or prose form, they do not belong to either the epic or lyrical genres [5, 295]. The scholar states: “The word ‘maqol’ is derived from the Arabic word ‘qavvola,’ meaning ‘to say, to speak.’ Among the people, there are expressions such as ‘Qavlida sobit’ (steadfast in speech) and ‘Qavlida tuturuqsiz’ (inconstant in speech): the former implies being firm and resolute in words, while the latter means not keeping one’s word. Thus, in the Uzbek language, the word ‘maqol’ has two meanings: first, its literal meaning – ‘speech, utterance’; second, its terminological meaning –agenre widely spread in folklore”[5, 290]. There is hardly any aspect of life that is not reflected in proverbs. The wider the thematic scope ofproverbs, the morediverse and varied theirsources of formation are. Accordingly, this article attemptsto analyze Russian and Uzbekproverbs about mothers. Every nation in the world possesses its own unique culture and customs. Even in how they perceive and imagine the world, there are both similarities and differences among them. It is important to emphasize that throughout all times, good deeds have been praised and bad deeds page1867 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue06,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai condemned. Brave and noble people have been admired everywhere, while cowards have been criticized. Due to such common traits in intercultural perspectives, proverbs that are similar and convey the same meaning frequently appear. In Uzbek and Russian proverbs, special emphasis is placed on relatives, particularly the image of the mother. This shows that in both Uzbek and Russian folk proverbs, the priceless value of the mother, her creativity, and her readiness to do everything for herchild are vividly expressed. In the proverbs of the Uzbek and Russian peoples, the history, mentality, generosity, tolerance, commitment to justice, thirst for knowledge and hard work, hospitality, family values, love and loyalty, as well as customs and traditions of these two nations are reflected. Through these proverbs, thepeoples have imparted lessons about their wayof lifetofuture generations. In Russian, proverbs such as “Mat – vsyakomu delu golova” (Mother is the beginning of every work), “Mat kormit detey, kak zemlya lyudey” (Just as the earth feeds people, mother feeds children), “Matushka rodimaya – svecha neugasimaya” (My dear mother is my unquenchable candle), “Materinskoye blagosloveniye v vode ne tonet i v ogne ne gorit” (A mother’s blessing neither drowns in water nor burns in fire), “Pri solnse teplo, a pri materi dobro” (The sun gives warmth, but goodness comes from mother), “Ptitsa raduyetsya vesne, a mladenes – materi” (A bird rejoices in spring, and a baby in its mother), “Net takogo druzhka, kak rodnaya matushka” (There is no better friend than one’s own mother), “Kto materi ne poslushayet — v bedu popadet” (He who does not obey his mother will fall into trouble), and “Kakova mat, takova i doch”(Like mother, likedaughter) express attitudes toward mothers. These proverbs clearly and concisely convey the services mothers provide in raising children, the unparalleled power of a mother’s blessing, the fact that there is no better friend than one’s own mother, andthat a mothercan give light toher child likean unquenchablecandle. In Uzbek, proverbs such as “Onaning allasi dunyoni tebratar” (A mother’s lullaby moves the world), “Bolaning qo‘li shilinsa, onaning ko‘ngli shilinadi” (If a chi