Words that exist in usage to a certain extent but are incomprehensible to some speakers of that language; words that are heard by speakers of a language but whose meanings are not fully understood; words whose speakers know that a particular word denotes some kind of object but do not know exactly what it is; and words used in folklore that carry no clear meaning or whose meanings are obscure are considered agnonyms. Writers use agnonymic words in their literary works for various purposes. This article analyzes the agnonymic words used in the comedy “Temir xotin” by the Uzbek playwright Sharof Boshbekov, their characteristics, and the purposes for which they are employed.

Agnonyms, rarely used words, historical words, dialectal words

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