green
—
dark-skinned
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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. |