green dark-skinned 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme ʔaḫḍar-
Meaning 1 green
Direction
Meaning 2 black, dark-skinned
Reference
Comment BK I 586; Fischer 1965:338. It is also used to denote horses' colour - meaning 'dark'.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Farsi
Lexeme 1 سبز sabz
Lexeme 2 سبزه sabze
Meaning 1 green (plants)
Direction
Meaning 2 swarthy
Reference Rubinčik 1970: 2, 16
Comment ПРС 437. Не калька ли это с арабского, где зеленый используется как цвет кожи (смуглой, темной, но не черной); ср. кальки в эфиосемитские языки
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Cognates
Language 1 Geez
Language 2 Tigrinya
Lexeme 1 ḥamalmil
Lexeme 2 ḥamälmil
Meaning 1 green (LGz. 233)
Direction
Meaning 2 brown (leather) (KT 170KT 170)
Reference
Comment Cf. Also the Tigre ḥamalmil 'brown' (also skin) (LH 59). Presumably both Tigre and Tigrinya have calques from Arabic.