National-Cultural Study of the Symbolism of Ornithonyms in Russian and Persian Languages; Resource for Historical Analysis and Worldview of the Peoples of Iran and Russia

Mehdikhanli, Sevinj; Khazaie, Sedighe

doi:10.22059/jolr.2025.385782.666904

Document Type : Research Paper

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¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Russian Language, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

² Ph.D. in Russian language, lecturer of the Russian language department, Faculty of Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2025.385782.666904

Abstract

Knowledge of the concept of symbols, which has its roots in the cultural aspect of the language, is especially important when studying the language. In the process of teaching a foreign language, it is necessary that those working in this field consider themselves obliged, in addition to strengthening the grammatical aspects of the language, to value knowledge of the culture of the language being studied and to include it in the educational content. Thus, symbols are included in the content of education as part of culture and ultimately lead to a correct understanding of national-cultural texts. Given the importance of cultural aspects in teaching foreign languages and considering literature, we find that symbols and symbolism are of particular importance in the educational process, since when studying a foreign language and the literature of that country, it is necessary for the reader to be aware of the meanings hidden in the heart of the symbols. Ornithonyms are one of the areas of symbols and symbolism in popular culture and literature of each nation, and until now, no comparative studies have been conducted in this area in Russian and Persian. The authors of this study, using the library collection method, as well as the method of analyzing questionnaire data, and with the aim of obtaining the differences and similarities of the symbol of birds in the specified languages, when developing a questionnaire to measure the level of knowledge of Russian bachelor students about the symbol of ornithomyms, investigated the issue and after a comparative review and analysis of the questionnaire data, by clarifying the similarities and differences of the symbolism of birds in Russian and Persian, help Russian students and translators to correctly convey to the audience the concept of bird symbolism when translating cultural and literary texts. Therefore, at the bachelor's level in Russian, it is necessary to include the concept of bird symbolism in educational contentof such course unitas "Russian idioms and proverbs", "Cultural and literary influences of Iran on Russia", "Translation of texts" and "Regional studies"

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 30
November 2025
Pages 229-250

National-Cultural Study of the Symbolism of Ornithonyms in Russian and Persian Languages; Resource for Historical Analysis and Worldview of the Peoples of Iran and Russia

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 30November 2025Pages 229-250

Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 30
November 2025
Pages 229-250