Historical and semantic analysis of food names of the Kunka dialect of the Darginsky language

the article provides a historical and semantic analysis of the food names of the Kunka dialect of the Darginsky language. Such an analysis makes it possible to note a number of general trends in the development of the thematic group under study, to draw certain conclusions about the sources of its formation and the features of its use in the language. It is noted that the origins of the primordial vocabulary naming food belong to the general Dagestani layer of vocabulary and are stable. The foreign-language food names in the dialect under study function completely according to the laws and principles of this dialect. Until the beginning of the 20th century, food names were borrowed from Eastern languages. Since the 20th century, food names have been borrowed from the Russian language. The very existence of the most common names, more specific, concretizing food names, also indicates the systemic nature of the vocabulary group under study.

food names, Kunka dialect, Darginsky language, historical and semantic analysis, thematic groups, general Dagestan vocabulary, borrowed names, native vocabulary