Author: Abdullaeva, Shahnoza Bahodir kizi

Annotation: The article deals with the history of the study of proverbs and idioms (matals) in Arabic sources. It is pointed out that it was after the spread of the Islamic religion that Arab philologists brought to the fore the study of folk expressions, began to collect and study proverbs and idioms (matals) common among various Arab tribes of the Jahili period. Some Arabic philologists of the Middle Ages made attempts to collect proverbs and idioms (matals) in alphabetical order, and some scholars collected them by topic, uniting them in one book. It is also indicated that the most significant and significant research in this area belongs to philologists who were representatives of the Basri and Kufi schools of grammar.

Keywords: proverbs and idioms (matals), Qur’an, linguistics, Middle Ages, systematization, scientific works, analyzes.

Pages in journal: 253 - 258