noon South 15 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme amiază
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Direction
Meaning 2 South (obs.) vânt despre amiază
'the wind from the South'
Reference DEX98
Comment DRRS 1, 86, DEX98. From Latin medidies DER 37
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Polish
Lexeme południe
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment Ср. белорус. поўдзень 'полдень, юг'
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme μεσημβρία
Meaning 1 noon, midday ἐκ μεσημβρίας
'immediately after midday'
Direction
Meaning 2 South τὰ πρὸς μεσαμβρίην
'southern regions'
Reference LSJ
Comment LSJ 1105-1106
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme meridies
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Direction
Meaning 2 South
Reference Glare: 1103
Comment meridies < medidies derived from medius 'middle' anf dies 'day;
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Chuvash
Lexeme кǎнтǎр
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment The word can be traced back to the Turkic root meaning 'day, daytime '
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme dél
Meaning 1 noon, midday dél felé
'around noon'
Direction
Meaning 2 South délre utazni
'to travel to the south'
Reference Гальди 1974: 127
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Karaim
Lexeme даром
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment КРПС 169. In the dictionary it is cited as a Hebrew borrowing. Проверить есть ли полисемия в иврите. Если нет, то в караимском полисемия возникает под польским влиянием.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Derivation
Language Karaim
Lexeme 1 тис
Lexeme 2 тислик
Meaning 1 noon, midday тис вахтларда
'at midday'
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment КРПС 531. Cf. also тюшлюк 'South, midday' (КРПС 571).
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme üülen
Meaning 1 noon, heyday
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Breton
Lexeme kreisteiz
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment Мурадова
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Derivation
Language Udmurt
Lexeme 1 лымшор
Lexeme 2 лымшор пал
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Direction
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Lithuanian
Lexeme piẽtūs
Meaning 1 noon, midday
Meaning 2 South
Reference
Comment Журавлев 2005, 881
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme midi
Meaning 1 noon Qu'avez-vous mangé à midi ?
'What did you eat at noon?'
Direction
Meaning 2 south appartement exposé au midi
'an apartment that looks to the south'
Reference Larousse online
Comment
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Estonian
Lexeme lõuna
Meaning 1 noon
Direction
Meaning 2 South
Reference Veskimägi et al. 1995: 453
Comment
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Farsi
Lexeme nimruz (نیمروز)
Meaning 1 noon
Direction
Meaning 2 South
Reference English Wiktionary
Comment

From Middle Persian nymrwc (nēmrōz) 'south, midday'. Analyzable as nim +‎ ruz, literally 'half day'. Compare Parthian nymrwc (nēmrož) 'south'.