Semantics of Onomastic Phraseological Units of Anthroponymous Origin: Onomastic Phraseological Units Related to Mythonym Keywords: Azerbaijani language, onomastics, phraseological units, mythology, Trojan War, Homer Kocharli Gulshan Anvar Baku Eurasian University Hasan Aliyev street, Baku 1073 kocharligulshan@gmail.com Summary Onomastic phrases are mainly derived from anthroponym, mythonym, theonym, toponym and ethnonym. Phrases of anthroponomical origin are divided into three groups related to common personal names, historical personal names, legendary or mythological personal names. In this article, we have explored mythological onomastic phrases. Let us note that mythological onomastics has an ancient history and is rich in phrases. As an example, the following examples can be given: “Sword of Domocles” (“Domokl qılıncı”), “Mentor’s Net” (“Mentor toru”), “Achilles’ heel” (“Axilles dabanı”), “Trojan Horse” (“Troya atı”), “Torture of Tantalus” (“Tantal əzabı”), “Emerald Bird” (“Zümrüd quşu”), “Tower of Babel” (“Babil qülləsi”), etc. An analysis of the phraseological units mentioned in the article is given and examples are shown. These examples are taken from the works of the “Iliad” and “Odyssey” by the ancient philosopher Homer. To clarify these units, quotations from linguists were reviewed. In addition to all this, the article is connected not only with Roman mythology, but also with Azerbaijani literature. For example, in Azerbaijani folklore, “an ogre fell into a dream” (“div yuxusuna getmək”), “an ogre fell in love with a frog” (“div qurbağaya aşiq olub”) phraseological units are reflected in the article.
Azerbaijani language, onomastics, phraseological units, mythology, Trojan War, Homer