TURKIC-SOGDIAN TOPONYMS OF THE TASHKENT OASIS IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES AND SOME OF THEIR THEORETICAL ISSUES

Abstract

The socio-political and ethnocultural processes that took place in the Chach (Tashkent) oasis in the early Middle Ages, especially in the VI-VIII centuries AD, have left their mark on the history of Central Asia. Due to its geographical location, it has created an opportunity for the region’s sedentary and nomadic lifestyles to be in close contact with each other. In particular, as a result of ethno-political and economic-cultural ties between the Turkic and Sogdian ethnoses, dozens of Turkic-Sogdian place names appeared in the oasis. The ancient names of the oasis, Choch / Shosh, Tashkent, Tunkat, Jabgukat, Khotunkat and others are a clear example of this.