Morphological Peculiarities and Level of Usage of Preposition “az=from” in Tajik Literary Language Referring to the 18th Century (on the example of the historical production referred to as “Tuhfat-ul-khoni” by Muhammadvafo Karminagi)

Abstract

The article dwells on the issue beset with morphological peculiarities and level of usage of the preposition of az=from in the Tajik literary language referring to the 18th century on the example of the historical production referred to as “Tuhfat-ul-khoni” by Muhammadvafo Karminagi. It is noted that the relevant preposition is considered to be one of the most productive ones. Proceeding from the adduced analysis concerned with the theme explored the author of the article asserts that the preposition of az=from in the language of the period explored is similar to MTLL structurally and grammatically. Into the bargain, the former in question is used both as an original and as a compound preposition. Designing on the premise of the adduced diagram one can come to the conclusion that the preposition of az=from occupies the second place in the term of its level of usage – 3717 instances being equal to 29 %.