to read
—
to learn, study
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Thai |
| Lexeme |
ān |
| Meaning 1 |
to read, to declaim |
ān nay jay
"to read silently" |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to study, to grasp |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Morev 1964, 884 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Tabassaran |
| Lexeme |
urχub |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
кагъаз урхуб
"to read a letter" |
| Meaning 2 |
to study |
йиз чвуччву институтдиъ урхура
"My brother goes to university." |
| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
(TabRus 299). The same in Agul (РУХАС). |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Wakhi |
| Lexeme |
ǰoy- |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
|
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
to study |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
ЭСИЯ 3, 271, Стеблин-Каменский 1999, 200 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Adyghe |
| Lexeme |
jeǯen |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
|
| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
to study |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
АдРС 106 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Lezgian |
| Lexeme |
k’elun |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
ктаб кIелун
"to read a book" |
| Meaning 2 |
to study |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
(LezgRus 216). Тthe same in the Udi К1АЛ-ПЕСУН, where the root К1АЛ- is possibly related. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Azeri |
| Lexeme |
oxu- |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
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| Meaning 2 |
to study |
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| Reference |
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| Comment |
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| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Farsi |
| Lexeme |
xån-, xånd- |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
|
| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
to study |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
The same in many other Iranic languages ЭСИЯ 3, 459 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Classical Arabic |
| Lexeme |
darasa |
| Meaning 1 |
to read (a book) |
|
| Direction |
← |
|
| Meaning 2 |
to study, to attend lessons by such and such professor |
|
| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
BK I 688. The direction of shift is rather from B to A. The Hebrew cognate drš has the meaning 'to seek, to enquire about, to investigete, to search' (HALOT 233) - probably this develops into 'to study', and hence into 'to read'. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Swahili |
| Lexeme |
soma |
| Meaning 1 |
to read |
soma kitabu
"to read a book" |
| Meaning 2 |
to study |
alianza kusomea uhandisi wa ndege
"He started studying aircraft engineering" |
| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Polikanov |