Analysis and classification of oikonyms of Kostanay region (on the example of Uzunkol and Kostanay districts)

Abstract

. The article presents the characteristics of the physical, social, and economic geography of Uzunkol and Kostanay districts. According to the data of the administrative maps of the considered areas, the directory of administrative-territorial division of Kostanay region, a list of settlements of Uzunkol and Kostanay districts (84 objects) was compiled, etymology and geographical location were analyzed, the classification of oikonyms according to 12 signs and their correspondence to toponymic classes was carried out.

Analysis of geographical objects has showed that a large group consists of anthroponyms, which account for 23%, followed by hydronyms - 14%, migrant toponyms, phytotoponyms, zootonyms - 12% and 8%, respectively, the least represented are oikonyms associated with the industrial activity of the region. The names of settlements identify the main language families to which the objects under consideration are related – these are Altai and Indo-European, where 27% of the oikonyms belong to the Turkic language group, mainly to the Kazakh language.

With the help of the QGIS program, maps of Uzunkol and Kostanay districts were created, which indicate renamed settlements in recent years, as well as individual toponyms proposed for renaming. Toponyms are our memory of language, history and geography. A more detailed study is extremely important and necessary.