Аңдатпа
The research work provides a comparative view of the established stable phrases related to the birth of a child in the Kazakh and Turkish languages. The article examines their linguistic nature and ethnographic content, determined their place in the culture of each nation. The main purpose of the work is to reveal the ethnographic meaning of stable expressions used in Kazakh and Turkish in connection with the child. Phraseologisms referring to the period from a baby’s birth to their first steps were taken as the object of study. In addition, various stable phrases related to the baby and wishes of blessings addressed to the child were also taken into account. It was established that each phraseological unit of ethnographic significance in the Kazakh language has a semantic or structural identity in the Turkish language. As a result of the conducted study, ethnographic common features and distinctive traits in the traditions of the Kazakh and Turkish people were revealed, and it was concluded that «stable expressions in relation to a child, along with similarities, also have their own differences».