LEXICO-THEMATIC GROUP “RAMAZAN” IN SEMANTIC AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS
The author of the article analyzes the most commonly used terms associated with the month of Ramadan, actively or passively functioning in Russian speech practice. Some of them are familiar to the overwhelming majority of native speakers; others are understandable to a narrower circle of Muslims. In the media space, there are many publications on the topic studied by the author, but a number of terms have either not been studied until now or have been touched upon superficially. Within the framework of this article, the most significant word-terms are analyzed and their semantic characteristics are given. As the main source, the author used the Russian translation of the famous work of Sheikh Muhammad Sadyk Muhammad Yusuf “The book of fasting”, published in 2019. The author concludes that in the modern era, when the cultural, scientific and economic contacts of countries and their peoples have sharply increased, the problems of language and culture, including religion, are put at the forefront; since it is with them the spiritual communication of people, understanding and cooperation of peoples begin.