Biography
Shavkat Rahmatullayev was born in Tashkent on 15 March 1926. In 1947 he graduated from the philology faculty of Central Asian State University, now the National University of Uzbekistan.
He defended his candidate dissertation in 1952 and his doctoral dissertation in 1966. His research covered the phraseology, lexicology, morphology, orthography and lexicography of the Uzbek language, and he wrote more than 200 scholarly and methodological works.
His name is linked above all with dictionaries: the explanatory phraseological dictionary of Uzbek appeared in 1978, followed by explanatory dictionaries of antonyms and homonyms and an etymological dictionary. Researchers describe him as the founder of Uzbek phraseology. He also wrote the textbook “Modern Literary Uzbek”.
In 1968 he took an active part in setting up the university’s department of general linguistics, today the department of language theory and practice. He repeatedly spoke at international conferences and symposia.
In 1990 he received the “Veteran of Labour” medal and the honorary title of Honoured Worker of Public Education of the Uzbek SSR; in 1996 Tashkent State University gave him its badge “For Outstanding Services”. By a presidential decree of 24 August 2005 he was awarded the Order “Buyuk xizmatlari uchun” (For Outstanding Merit).
Shavkat Rahmatullayev died on 26 June 2015.
Education
- Central Asian State UniversityUniversity · Tashkent · 1947 · Faculty of Philology
Awards
Order «For Outstanding Merit»2005 · Uzbekistan
Medal «Veteran of Labour»1990 · USSR
Life path
- 1926Birth
Born in Tashkent.
- 1947Graduation
Graduated from the philology faculty of Central Asian State University.
- 1952Candidate dissertation
Defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philology.
- 1966Doctoral dissertation
Completed his doctoral work and became a Doctor of Philology.
- 1968Department of general linguistics
Took an active part in founding the university’s department of general linguistics (now the department of language theory and practice).
- 1978Phraseological dictionary
The explanatory phraseological dictionary of Uzbek was published by the O‘qituvchi publishing house.
- 1980–1984Dictionaries of antonyms and homonyms
An explanatory dictionary of antonyms appeared in 1980 (as co-author) and one of homonyms in 1984.
- 1990Medal and title
Received the “Veteran of Labour” medal and the honorary title of Honoured Worker of Public Education.
- 1996University badge
Awarded Tashkent State University’s badge “For Outstanding Services”.
- 2005Order “Buyuk xizmatlari uchun”
Awarded the order by a presidential decree of 24 August.
- 2015Death
Died on 26 June.
Works
- “Explanatory Phraseological Dictionary of the Uzbek Language” (1978)Dictionary
A dictionary of more than a thousand phraseological units of modern Uzbek with semantic, grammatical and partly usage notes, compiled from examples in Uzbek literary prose.
- “Explanatory Dictionary of Antonyms of the Uzbek Language” (1980)Dictionary
A dictionary of antonyms compiled with N. Mamatov and R. Shukurov and published by O‘qituvchi.
- “Explanatory Dictionary of Homonyms of the Uzbek Language” (1984)Dictionary
A dictionary of homonyms published in Tashkent; it is cited in studies of Uzbek lexicography on telling homonymy from polysemy.
- “Etymological Dictionary of the Uzbek Language” (2003)Dictionary
The first volume of the etymological dictionary, about 600 pages, was published in Tashkent by Universitet.
- “Modern Literary Uzbek” (2006)Textbook
A university textbook that was reissued in later years.