Symbolization of color names in the Ossetian language

Tsopanova Rita Georgievna

Color vocabulary in the Ossetian language is a means of creating concrete and figurative pictures of the world. Based on this vocabulary, symbols are formed in the content of which mythological, moral, everyday, social concepts are accumulated. The most significant in this regard are the colors black and red. In the Ossetian language, national and cultural traditions were preserved in the color designation of objects, phenomena, events.

Keywords:color vocabulary, symbolization, national-cultural tradition, connotative meaning