SEMANTİC AND CULTURAL ANALYSİS OF THE TERMS FOR İ N K İN THE SLAVİC LANGUAGES

This text will analyze the semantic and cultural motivation of the terms for i n k in the Slavic languages and their dialects, followed by an etymological analysis of the corresponding terms in other European languages. Namely, the issue of L 2084 "чернила" is referred to, according to the questionnaire of General Slavic Linguistic Atlas (OLA), which encompasses answers of circa 850 inhabited placeson the entire Slavic territory. The terms for мастило, according to this questionnaire, are displayed on the mapno. 37 of VIII lexical volume of OLA (М. Pizhurica 111:2003) The following text will analyze the geographical distribution of these terms on the Slavic territory, while illustrating the semantic motivation of the proper terms through etymological analysis