Uzbek proverbs created with phytonyms in Uzbek Turkish

In the study, the sources containing Uzbek proverbs were scanned and the proverbs with plant names were determined. The determined proverbs were classified as cereals, legumes, fruits, vegetables, flowers, herbs, trees, industrial plants, scrub plants and general plants by plant types, and were transliterated into Turkey Turkish. Uzbek proverbs studied in this study contains eighty-two individual phytonyms. In the research, the concepts expressed in the proverbs were briefly explained, the contribution of phytonyms to the meaning of the proverbs were stated, the variants of the proverbs, if any, were listed and it was stated how many proverbs each phytonym was in. At the same time, phytonyms in Uzbek proverbs were also studied etymologically. In the last part of the thesis, a dictionary of phytonyms in Uzbek proverbs was given. As a result, it has been concluded that phytonyms in Uzbek proverbs are mostly used as metaphors, expressing concepts such as family, ancestry, friendship, neighbourhood, homeland, stinginess, and value, and the words of Turkish origin are the most common in the proverbs in terms of etymology.