This study explores the cross-linguistic comparison of modern systems of measurement in Uzbek and English, emphasizing the interplay between international standardization and cultural heritage. Drawing on terminology theory, corpus analysis, and contrastive linguistics, the research investigates how measurement units are represented, standardized, and embedded in everyday discourse. The findings reveal that while both Uzbek and English have integrated the International System of Units (SI) into scientific and educational practices, each language retains traditional and historical terms that reflect unique cultural identities. Uzbek continues to preserve native units such as qarich, gaz, and misqol, often employed in idiomatic expressions, whereas English sustains imperial units like inch, mile, and pound, especially in metaphorical usage and American contexts. These differences highlight the challenges of equivalence in translation and underscore the broader role of measurement terms as both linguistic and cultural phenomena. The study contributes to understanding how global scientific norms intersect with local linguistic traditions, offering insights for translation studies, cultural linguistics, and terminology research.

Units of measurement, cross-linguistic comparison, Uzbek and English terminology

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