pear
→
guava
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | amrud (امرود) | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | guava (Psidium guajava) | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Punjabi amarūd 'guava', Ursu amrūd 'guava', Hindi amrūd 'guava' are from Farsi (probably under Portuguese influence). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Portuguese | |
| Lexeme | pera | |
| Meaning 1 | pear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | name that the Portuguese gave to the guava tree, when it was acclimatized in India | |
| Reference | DPLP | |
| Comment | Swahili pera 'guava', Bengali peẏara (পেয়ারা), Gujarati peru (પેરુ), Marathi perū (पेरू) are from Portuguese. | |
See the comment to the shift 4586