The article analyzes the peculiarities of borrowing words from Russian and European languages, or Russian-international lexics, into the Tajik language in the last decades of the 19th - early 20th centuries based on travel notes about the journey of the Bukhara amir Abdulahad to Russia, which took place in 1892-1893. For comparison, factual materials are used from the “Haj-name” (“Book of the Haj”) by Kori Rahmatullo Vozeh and the travel diary of Mirzo Siroj Hakim “A Gift to the Residents of Bukhara”, also created during the specified time period. It is noted that all Europeanisms that penetrated into the Tajik language at the end of the 19th century underwent serious phonetic changes that adapted them to the Tajik phonetic system. The dependence of the frequency of use of Europeanisms in travel notes on the purpose of travel is especially emphasized. Thus, in the travel notes of Emir Abdulahad, who made an official visit to Russia, more Europeanisms are used than in the book of Mirzo Sirodzh, who traveled on commercial business, and in the description of Vozeh’s pilgrimage to Mecca. It is emphasized that the pronunciation of most Europeanisms has remained virtually unchanged for more than 100 years, as evidenced by the following examples found in the three works analyzed: istansa – stantsiya (station), vaksol - vokzal (railway station), parohud – parohod (boat), kifitonsa - kvitantsiya (receipt), bagoch– bagaj (luggage), limunod – limonad (lemonade), etc.
amir Abdulahad, Vozeh, Mirzo Siroj Hakim, borrowing, Europeanisms, travel notes, phonetic system
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