National and cultural values are an important concept in the minds of the nation, serving as a great factor in the survival of a person and always reminding him/her of his/her identity. That is why every nation is unique and has its own way of life. Oriental culture, customs and history of the Turkic peoples have amazed the scholars all over the world. It is well to say that the literature of the Turkic peoples is a vast area for study of cognitive and conceptual issues in a multitude way.
In this article, the concept of mulozamat, is presented as one of the national and cultural values, and its cognitive aspects, the meaning of the original content and previously performed in different periods of English translations by J.Leiden & W.Erskine (1826), A.S. Beveridge (1921) and W.Thackston (1996). “Baburname”, a respected source of world literature, is the source of information for linguists and translators. With its writing style, it is able to amaze all its’ foreign students as much as the original reader. The question arises as to whether there is a translator who can match the author's ability to express a single word in several contexts.
In this context, in this article, we will try to explain the meanings and translation pragmatics of the dominant word mulozamat, which reflects one of the most difficult aspects of nationalcultural values. In fact, mulozamat is a value, a tradition, a pride, a thought, and a noble concept that embodies a sharp content. The word is studied in Russian and English translations. In this article the author explains the other aspects of the study of the meaning of mulozamat that have just been forgotten. The meanings of the dominant word mulozamat are shown in the table and its translations are compared with other translations. The English translations made at different times, demonstrate equivalents of mulozamat created in them. Having a great style of writing of the memoir “Baburname”, its Russian and English translations are also unique for us.
The content of “courtesy” in “Baburname” and their English translations’ analyses
DOI: 10.36078/987654630
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