MYTHOLOGICAL-LINGUISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ETHNONYMS IN KAZAKH ETHNOGENESIS (BASED ON S. KONDYBAY'S RESEARCH)

The article deals with “Alash”, “Hephthalite”, “Alan”, etc. in the Kazakh ethnogenesis. The origin of the names is analyzed from a new angle. Mangystau researcher S. Kondybay's new views on ethnonymic names in relation to the Kazakh origin are formulated through interdisciplinary methods and linguistic analysis of mythical concepts and notions. His views on the connection of the later period of Kazakh history with the ancient Eurasian and Turkic civilizations are analyzed. Using an interdisciplinary approach, he focused on linguistic analysis, revealing the mythical basis of the ancient history of the nomadic Kazakh people, whose written tradition has been forgotten. He substantiated the connection of the name Alash, preserved in the legends and ethnogenesis of the Kazakh tribes, with the period of matriarchy. S. Kondybay tried to scientifically prove that the name of the Kazakh ancestor Alash is the name of the goddess, who taught mankind to live and create a society in ancient times (mythical period).

1. Kondybay told the hypotheses about the common origins of human civilization through the similarity of Pururavas Ayla and Kalsha Kadyr, and later that the Proto-Kazakh ancestors met with the Indo-Aryans and concluded that it was the basis of the plots of Indian epics and Kazakh myths.

The name “Alash Khan” or “Alasha Khan” has long been an idiom passed down from generation to generation, so it was used by proto-Kazakh ethnic groups. In this regard, S. Kondybay connects the ethnonym “Alash” with the names “Kalash”, “Kal” (matriarchal epoch or Aryan period), “Zheti al” (ephthalite period), alan (I-IV centuries), Alshin (XIV-XVII centuries).The researcher shows that the ethnonyms “Alshin”, “Alau”, “Alan” indicate the ethnic ties with the Khazars and Bulgars between the Black-Azau-Caspian Seas, proving the existence of common sources of the Russian, Ossetian, Adyghe and Turkic peoples.