The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2
908		right (vs. left)	→	South	Open

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Derivation
language		Classical Arabic
lexeme 1		šaʔmat-
lexeme 2		šaʔm-
meaning 1	'left; left side'	ḳaʕada šaʔmat-an he sat on the left
direction	→
meaning 2	'Syria; northern region'
reference
comment		Lane 1400; cf. also šāmiyy- 'Syrian; Northern'

ACCEPTED Realization 3
type		Polysemy
language		Classical Arabic
lexeme		šimāl-
meaning 1	'left'
direction	→
meaning 2	'north wind'
reference
comment		Lane 1600-1601; cf. Modern Written Arabic šimāl- 'north' (Wehr 569)

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type		Polysemy
language		Sanskrit
lexeme		uttaratas
meaning 1	northbound
direction	—
meaning 2	to the left
reference
comment		These all are derivatives from the word uttara 'northern', but the word itself does not mean 'left' (А может у Кочергиной не записано). - ИГ