PROTOTIP (az yunoni prototypon— manbai tip, nakhustsimo), shakhsi voqeii muosir yo tarikhi, ki baroi ba vujud ovardani obraz yo tipi mukammali badei ba navisanda khizmat mekunad. Shakhsi voqei dar tasviri badei na ba surati asli, balki bo khislatu khususiyathoi mukammaltaru purrataro tasvir me yobad. Obrazi badeie, ki zimni lahzahoi hayot, mehnat va muborizai shakhsi voqei ofarida shudaast, hamesha az Prototip farq khohad kard. Az jumla Prototipi qahrmoni asosii romani J. Ikromi «Dukhtari otash»— Firuza Salomat Jahongirova meboshad.
Dar «nasri hujjati» hadalimkon ba prototip «nazdik shudan» dida meshavad, vale dar in holat ham bayni qahramon va Prototip farqiyat boqi memonad («Obutob yoftani pulod»-i N. Ostrovskiy) .
Ad.: A n d r o k i n o v a M. I., Ot prototipa i obrazu, M., 1974.