Number of realizations
9
white
—
silver
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Classical Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ʔabyaḍ- | |
| Lexeme 2 | bayḍāʔ- | |
| Meaning 1 | white | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | silver | |
| Reference | BK page I 184 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | the lexeme bayḍāʔ- - is a nominalized feminine adjective, lit. 'white'; it is used mainly in poetic texts. | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | dkar-po | |
| Meaning 1 | white, bright | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | silver | |
| Reference | Roerich page I 95 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Old Turkic | |
| Lexeme 1 | aq | |
| Lexeme 2 | aqča | |
| Meaning 1 | white | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | money, coin | |
| Reference | ESTJA page 1 116-117 120-121 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | 'white' → 'silver' → '(silver) coin' | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Hittite | |
| Language 2 | Latin | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḫarki | |
| Lexeme 2 | argenrum | |
| Meaning 1 | white; white of the egg or eye | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | silver | |
| Reference | Kloekhorst 2008 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | The same Ancient Greek: ἀργός ‘white, bright’, ἄργυρος ‘silver’, Tocharian А. ārki ‘white’, Tocharian B ārkwi ‘white’, Armenian arcatʿ (արծաթ) ‘silver’, Breton arc'hant ‘money; silver’, Welsh arian, Old Irish argat, Irish Gaelic airgead, Manx argid, Scottish Gaelic airgead ‘silver’, ‘money’, Sanskrit árjuna ‘white, clear, bright’, ‘made of silver’, rajat, rajatá ‘white’, ‘silver’, Avestian ǝrǝzata ‘silver’, Old Persian ardata ‘silver’, Oscan aragetud ‘silver’ (abl.sg.), Faliscan arcentelom ‘small silver coin’ (acc. sg.). The Hittite word possibly also have the meaning of ‘silver’. Ivanov 1983, 8; Gamkrelidze, Ivanov 1984, 713, Mallory 1984, Kroonen 2013, Martirosyan 2010, De Vaan 2008, ESIJa 1, 231, Adams 2013 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | blanc | |
| Meaning 1 | white | des lilas blancs "white lilies" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | a name for a small silver coin | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Gr.Rob. 2, 19 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme 1 | багдама (bagdama) | |
| Lexeme 2 | bagdama | |
| Meaning 1 | white | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | silver | bagdam mengur "silver money" |
| Reference | Vasilevič 1958 page 47 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | rajata | |
| Meaning 1 | whitish, silver-coloured, silvery | rajataṃ hiraṇyam "‘whitish gold’ i.e. silver" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | silver, made of silver | |
| Reference | MW page 863 1 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | arjuna | |
| Meaning 1 | white, clear (the colour of the day, RV. vi, 9, 1 ; of the dawn, RV. i, 49, 3 ; of the lightning; of the milk; of silver, &c.) | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | made of silver, AV. iv, 37, 4 | |
| Reference | MW page 90 1 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cuoi (Thổ) | |
| Lexeme | pa:k.31 | |
| Meaning 1 | white | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | silver | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |