Linguistic and cultural specifics of the semantics of the word "happiness" in the Russian and Armenian languages

This article is devoted to the analysis of the semantics of the word «happiness» in the Russian and Armenian languages. The authors show what the concept of happiness is in the Russian and Armenian linguistic consciousness represent, what value and meaning it carries and compare them. The purpose of this article is to show that «happiness» is not just a universal concept, but that it is capable of reflecting the national-specific traits of the language. The object of the study is the concept of «happiness» in the Russian and Armenian languages. The subject of the study is the national-cultural specificity of the concept of «happiness» in these languages. The following methods were used: the method of directed sampling, the classification method, the analysis of dictionary definitions, observation, the descriptive method, the comparative method, the field method, the definitional-component analysis used to describe the semantic content of nominative units representing interest. Scientific novelty is determined by the fact that thanks to the complex analysis it becomes possible to identify the national-specific features of the semantic content of the word «happiness». This research is a significant step for further comparative research of the lexical-semantic field «happiness». The bibliography consists of 30 sources - 8 dictionaries, including 6 Armenian ones. We identified 24 cognate words to the word «երջանկություն» [erjankutyun] and 30 to the word «բախտ» [bakht]. The word «երջանկություն» [erjankutyun] in Armenian has 8 synonyms, as well as 3 synonyms in a figurative sense. In Russian, we also found 8 synonyms.

semantic, happiness, semantic content, the Armenian language, Russian, semantic field, linguoculturology, national specifics, linguistics, culture