Department of Tajik Philology and Foreign Oriental Languages of Samarkand State University
Samarkand State University
Head of the Department of Tajik Philology and Oriental Languages
Shernazarov Akmal Andiyoqulovich
akmalshernazarov@gmail.com
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philological Sciences, Associate Professor. In 2018, he defended his PhD dissertation on "Bilingualism and Literary Influence in the Tajik Ritual Folklore of Kashkadarya". Currently, he is conducting research on "Genesis of Bilingual Folklore, Genre Typology, and Local Poetic Features in Uzbekistan (on the Example of Uzbek and Tajik Folklore)". This research focuses on the genesis, genre typology, and local characteristics of poetic samples created by Tajiks in Uzbek and Uzbeks in Tajik based on the bilingual tradition of peoples living in Uzbekistan.
Akmal Shernazarov is the author of 1 textbook, 2 educational-methodological guides, 1 scientific development, and over 40 scientific and popular science articles. 5 of them have been published in prestigious foreign scientific journals.
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Members of the Department of Tajik Philology and Oriental Languages
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Sadiev Sadri Renowned literary scholar Sadri Sadiev is a Doctor of Philological Sciences. In 1971, he defended his candidate dissertation on the work of the 12th-century satirical poet Suzani Samarkandi titled "Suzani and the Samarkand Literary Environment of the 12th Century". Author of the book "Tajik Literature of the 17th Century". In 1990, based on his research, he defended his doctoral dissertation titled "Main Directions of Development of Tajik Literature of the 17th Century". Sadri Sadiev's books "Tajik Literature" (16th–19th and Early 20th Centuries) and "Form and Content of a Literary Work" are widely used in higher education institutions as basic textbooks for the course "Theory of Literature". Currently, the scientist is conducting research on the topic "Tajik Literature in Samarkand". He is the author of 8 monographs and separate books, as well as about 100 scientific and popular science articles. |
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Juma Hamroyev Juma Hamroyev is a Doctor of Philological Sciences, Professor. He has been working at Samarkand State University in various positions since 1970. The scholar's main research focus is Persian-Tajik literary criticism and its stages of development, specifically issues of criticism of modern Tajik prose and poetry. In 1990, he defended his candidate dissertation on "Tajik Prose of the 1960s-1970s", and his doctoral dissertation on "History of Tajik Literary Criticism of the 1960s-1980s". Juma Hamroyev is the author of over 200 scientific, methodological, and popular articles, monographs, textbooks, and study guides. He has also published fundamental research works such as "History of Tajik Literary Criticism", "Asrori naqd", "Naqdi she'r", etc. |
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Vohidov Abduvahob Senior Lecturer at the Department of Tajik Philology and Oriental Languages at SamSU. He has been working at this department since 1991. Currently, he is conducting research for his PhD dissertation in Philological Sciences on "Structural and Grammatical Classification of Phraseological Units in the Dialect of Samarkand Tajiks". He has over 50 scientific works and 3 educational and methodological guides. Author of textbooks and methodological guidelines for Tajik schools. More than 30 scientific articles and abstracts have been published in foreign scientific editions. |
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Davronova Mavluda Ziyadullaevna Senior Lecturer at the Department of Tajik Philology and Oriental Languages at SamSU. She has been working at the department since 1991. Currently, she is conducting PhD research on "Artistic Depiction Means in Sadriddin Ayni's 'Memoirs' and Their Methodological Functions". During her career, Mavluda Ziyadullaevna Davronova has published 3 educational and methodological guides and over 60 scientific research papers. Author of textbooks and methodological guidelines for Tajik schools. |
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Shukurov Foziljon Mahmadovich In 2021, he successfully defended his PhD dissertation in Philological Sciences on "Samarkand Literary Environment in the Late 14th and Early 15th Centuries and the Creative Heritage of Poet Bisoti". Today, he is conducting research on "Development of Mawarannahr Literature during the Timurid Era (Creative Quests and Style Problem)". Foziljon Shukurov is the author of the monograph "Bisoti Samarkandi and the Mawarannahr Literary Environment in the Second Half of the 14th and Early 15th Centuries" and the study guide "Zaboni Sharq (Arabic)". |
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Yunuszoda Zulfiya Yunusovna
Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor. In 2009, she defended her candidate dissertation on "The Travelogue Genre in Tajik Enlightenment Literature". Currently, she is conducting scientific research on "Typology of the Travelogue Genre in the Enlightenment Literature of Central Asia and Iran". Author of 1 monograph and over 50 articles. |
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Khojaqulov Sirojiddin Kholmahmatovich +998915367488 sirojiddinxujaqulov1976@gmail.com Doctor of Philological Sciences (DSc). He has been working at Samarkand State University since 2000. In 2008, he defended his candidate dissertation, and in 2022, his doctoral dissertation (DSc) on "Trends of Evolutionary Development of Lyrical Genres in Tajik Literature of the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Tradition and Innovation)". Author of over 80 scientific works, 3 monographs, and 6 textbooks. |
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Adashulloyeva Gulnoza Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philological Sciences. In 2018, she defended her PhD dissertation on "Comparative-Typological Analysis of Phraseological Units Expressing Personality Traits in Tajik and Uzbek Languages". Author of over 60 scientific works, 2 treatises, 48 scientific and methodological articles, 3 educational-methodological guides, and 3 textbooks. |
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Majidova Sabohat Jamilovna Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philological Sciences. In 2019, she defended her PhD dissertation on "Methods of Interpreting Literal and Metaphorical Meanings of Symbolic Terms in Jami's Ghazals". Author of 3 monographs, 2 textbooks, 4 educational-methodological guides, and over 50 scientific articles. Currently, Sabohat Majidova is conducting research on "Linguistic-Poetic Study of the Concept 'Human' in the Ghazals of Abdurahman Jami and Alisher Navoi". |
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Nurillaeva Zarina In 2024, she defended her candidate dissertation on "Features of Expressing Word Meanings in Tajik-Persian Explanatory Dictionaries (Based on 'Burhoni Qote' materials)". Over 20 scientific articles and abstracts have been published. |
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Akhmedova Dilorom Ismatovna
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Nazarova Dilrabo Khidirboyevna
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philological Sciences. In 2022, she defended her PhD dissertation on "Comparative Analysis of the Epics 'Subhat ul-Abrar' by Abdurahman Jami and 'Hayrat ul-Abrar' by Alisher Navoi". |
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Hazratkuliyon Dilshodai Farkhodzod Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor. Defended her candidate dissertation on "Poetics of Farzona's Poetry" in 2012. Author of 2 monographs, study guides, and about 70 scientific articles. |
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Yarashov Sharif Jumaevich Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor. Working at the department since 2024. In 2022, he defended his PhD dissertation on "Linguistic-Poetic Features of Artistic Images in Khusraw Dehlawi's Ghazals". |
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Mirzayev Khayyom Toshqulovich Doctor of Philological Sciences (DSc). Working at the department since 2016. In 2021, he defended his PhD dissertation on „Sayfi Bukhari and his Treatise 'Aruz'“, and in 2025, his DSc dissertation on „Principles of Formation and Development of Persian-Tajik Prosody (Aruz) in the 16th-19th Centuries“. |
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Murtozoyev Kholmurod Rizoqulovich Working at SamSU since 2022. On September 15, 2022, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Philology (Tajik Language) for his thesis on "Phonetic and Lexical-Semantic Features of Poetry of Tajik-Persian Literature Representatives in the Khorasan Style". |
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About the Department of Tajik Philology and Oriental Languages The Department of Tajik Language and Literature was established in 1956. Many prominent educators and scholars have worked here throughout its history. |
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Curricula Taught at the Department Bachelor's Degree
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