Names of Wedding Ransoms for the Bride in the Nizhny Novgorod Dialects

Abstract

This article describes ethno cultural originality of the Nizhny Novgorod dialect ritual vocabulary. It is shown that the dialect of the ritual text not only reflects many different sides of people's life, but also holds huge information about the values and traditions of that linguistic-cultural community. One of the most important stages of the wedding ceremony was purchase and sale, which is archaic in origin. It is noted that rights such as; dowry, the right to travel by wedding train, permission to enter the house, sitting near the bride at the table, eating wedding bread, the bed of the bride, right of wedding night, are redeemed. The repertoire of the names of wedding buyouts in the dialects of the Nizhny Novgorod region is revealed: (алом, алы, вклад, выговор, выводок, задаток, заклад, залог, запрос, кладка, настол, налады, на правское, отвесье, подъём, ряда, сулёны, настольное, выговоренные деньги, кладные деньги, кладочные деньги, настольные деньги, столовые деньги, растратные деньги). It is noted that the names denoting the ransom for the bride, in the Nizhny Novgorod dialects due to the loss of the custom of selling the bride undergo a semantic transformation changed their meaning.