LEXICO-SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES OF CONCEPT OF HAPPINESS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES

Аннотация

This article explores happiness as expressed in English language from lexico-semantic pecularities point of view. In doing so, it addresses the lexico-semantic characteristics that shape this concept. Through an analysis of different materials: novels, passages, idioms, metaphors, this study investigates how happiness is conceptualized in lexico-semantic features. Key words: lexic-semantic, happiness, feature, English, Uzbek, pecularities, feature. In English, happiness is often articulated through terms that emphasize individual joy and achievement, like "contentment," "joy," and "satisfaction." Each of these words hints at happiness as a result of personal fulfillment or success, suggesting an individual-centered view where happiness is something each person is responsible for finding. Common expressions such as "to be happy with oneself" or "the pursuit of happiness" illustrate this perspective, positioning happiness as both a goal and an internal state. In English, happiness is often viewed as a personal journey or aspiration. Proverbs like "Happiness is a state of mind" and "Money can't buy happiness" suggest that happiness is subjective, not tied to wealth, and depends on an individual's mindset or personal experiences. English literature also often portrays happiness as a dynamic state that one strives for or discovers through personal growth, relationships, or career accomplishments. Humankind builds their own world based on these ideas of happiness, and people cannot live without making judgments about the concepts of happiness. The word "happiness" carries different connotations in different languages, with each language having its own field of synonyms. The study of the verbalization of the concept of "happiness" in the English and Uzbek worldviews led to the conclusion that in the perception of this concept, there are both general and specific aspects. This enables us to consider the concept of "happiness" as having universal and nation-specific mental structures. Happiness is one of the most widely used expressions of human emotions in English and Uzbek. The creation of a comprehensive and 67 MODELS AND METHODS IN MODERN SCIENCE International scientific-online conference philosophically sound concept happiness sought by a great number of scientists at all times. First known theories about happiness dates back to ancient times. It is known that happiness is one of the main concepts of human life. Regardless of a person's nationality, race or faith, this concept means a certain completeness of being, the ultimate goal of a person. The problem of happiness has been on people's minds since ancient times. Augustine, Aristotle, Seneca, and Thomas Aquinas considered various concepts of the pursuit of happiness. The analysis of the concept of happiness in modern ecclesiology can be found in the works of Feuerbach, Mill, Helvetius, Bentham and other scientists. Polish philosopher V. Tatarevich wrote an important work called "Human happiness and bliss" . It should be noted that almost all scientists and thinkers dealing with ethics expressed their opinions about happiness . Great and wise people of different eras expressed such extraordinary interest in happiness and its various manifestations that the idea of happiness lies in the origin of culture, which is the reason why it is interpreted as a part of individual and national consciousness. The attitude to happiness, in turn, determines the main characteristics of the spiritual essence of a person At the same time, over time, this word began to express such meanings as activity, success, lifestyle, fulfillment of desires, achievement of goals, that is, concepts closer to moral and ethical values. To be fully satisfied with one's life: Is there more happiness than living satisfied with the breath, love, and gifts of Mother Earth? -Happiness. In addition, this lexeme also has semantic synonyms suchas omad, tole, iqbal: Why do you chase the bird of happiness that landed on your head with a club. We cite the following synonyms of the concept of happiness as an example: happiness, luck, joy, joy, luck, satisfaction, happiness, tole, murod, intention,ability. In Azim Khojiyev's explanatory dictionary of Uzbek language synonyms, the concept of happiness and its synonyms are presented through the following lexemes: happiness, fate, happiness, luck, and life satisfaction, or things that give a person such a feeling . A synonym of Iqbal is mainly a high style word. In most cases, the meaning of the synonyms of luck, fortune, and happiness is the same as luck. The synonym of happiness is a variant of the literary language and is rare in the language. In addition to the above-mentioned synonyms, there are also synonyms such as happy, happy, blissful, toleli, masud. For example: He was lucky, he was lucky. Happy book. My happy eyes, when I think about it, I see two springs and cry. The synonym of Mas'ud is considered obsolete and archaic and is used only in the hig