THE WORLD BEYOND THE WORDS: AN AXIOLOGICAL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ZOONYMS OF RUSSIAN AND HINDI Dr. Uma Parihar Department of Foreign Languages Vikram University University road Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), India, 456010 Mankind and the animal kingdom enjoyed a close and interwoven relationship ever since they appeared on earth. <...> That is why the words that name animals have a lot more in their undertones along with the explicit meanings. <...> The comparative study reveals various kinds of connotations that these zoonyms hold for us. <...> Hence Indians have a respectful attitude towards them, even when they may not like a specific behavioral trait of a particular animal. <...> In the process of civilization, after having evolved from animal, man continued to live in the company of their little brothers for quite a long time. <...> This prolonged association with wildlife, left a strong impression on the mindset of human beings. <...> These strong impressions got deeply interwoven with words and are reflected in the form of various connotations. <...> These connotations vary from people to people and nation to nation because they are the outcome of established sets of attitudes and settled feelings about our little brothers. <...> So, it is quite natural that the lexical units naming animals (zoonyms) bear different religious and cultural undertones for different nationalities. <...> At the same time, it is observed that people along the world enjoy a lot of common features in their value system along with having a specific value system of one’s own. <...> However, the significance of certain values and their hierarchy on the scale of value system is different in different cultures. <...> This inherent value system lies at the heart of every culture, which acts as the main life orientation and, ultimately, defines the culture of the society” [Ларина 2009:1]. 54 Uma Parihar. <...> The World beyond the Words: An Axiological Comparative Study of Zoonyms. <...> This value system is preserved in the language. <...> A profound knowledge of any foreign language / along with the knowledge of its grammar, vocabulary, syntax and other linguistic aspects / requires deep understanding of the undertones invoked by its flora and fauna. <...> It is heartening to note that Russian linguists are doing a lot of research in the lingo-cultural field to reveal various connotations attached to nouns, and to zoonyms, in particular О. <...> This article is an effort to study the ideas <...>