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Carpet lexicon in Nakhchivan dialects and accents

ABSTRACT 

The article is devoted to the study of dialect units developed in Nakhchivan dialects and accents in connection with carpet weaving, one of the oldest occupations of the population of the region. Ancient carpets woven in Nakhchivan are still preserved in various museums as our national spiritual values. As carpet weaving, like any other field of art, its vocabulary has been enriched and the wide possibilities of the vernacular were used creatively here as well. The words used in Nakhchivan dialects and accents related to carpet weaving are involved in the research and it is shown that the carpet weaving process involves several stages, such as spinning, stitching, carpet tackling. Lexicon of dialect and assents we observe a lot of words that describe the names of people working in this area, their tools which there are not literary language. The research shows that many of the lexical units belonging to carpet weaving are turkish words and are used in many turkish languages and dialects. 

KEYWORDS 

dialect and accents, lexicon, carpet weaving, profession-art words