NEW VIEWS OF THE HISTORIAN SUGHD SCHOLAR ON THE TERM «BUKHARA»

Otaxujaev Azimxuja, doctor of historical sciences, professor, AS Uzbekistan chief research fellow of the institute of History

Abstract

This article analyzes analyzes the origin of the term «Bukhara» in terms
of the geographical location of the Sughd historical and cultural region and the West
Sughd - Bukhara oasis, which is an integral part of the Sogdian statehood through
ancient languages, in particular Sogdian, Chinese and Persian. A new interpretation of the term in the Sogdian language was put forward for scientific consideration, and the term «Bukhara» was explained from the point of view of historical linguistics. It
analyzes the peculiarities of the naming of the term in other languages and the fact
that the ancient and early medieval language of the Bukhara people was called by
several names in Sogdian.