This article examines the linguocultural characteristics of food names across different languages and cultures, with particular focus on Uzbek, English, Russian, and other linguistic traditions. Food nomenclature serves as a significant cultural marker, reflecting historical developments, geographical influences, religious practices, and social customs. Through etymological analysis and semantic investigation, this study reveals how food names encode cultural values, traditional knowledge, and collective identity. The research demonstrates that food terminology functions not merely as lexical units but as carriers of cultural memory and symbolic meaning systems.

linguoculturology, food names, cultural linguistics, etymology, semantic analysis, culinary terminology

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