Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme | marjān (مَرْجَان) | |
| meaning 1 | small pearls | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | corals | |
| reference | Lane | |
| comment | From Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ (margān, “pearl-like”), from ܡܰܪܓܳܢܺܝܬܳܐ (margānīṯā, “pearl”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), an Iranian borrowing. For the meaning development compare Arabic مَرْو (marw, “odoriferous plants; Maerua crassifolia; pebble; flint; quartz”). Borrowed to Azerbaijani mərcan, Bashkir мәрйен (məryen), Georgian მარჯანი (marǯani), Hausa murzani, murjani, Kazakh маржан (marjan),Middle Armenian մարճան (marčan), մարջան (marǰan), Armenian մարջան (marǰan), մռճամ (mṙčam) (New Julfa), Ottoman Turkish مرجان (mercan), Turkish mercan, Ladino merdjan, Macedonian: мерџан (merdžan), Romanian mărgean, Persian مرجان (marjân), Swahili marijani, Tatar мәрҗән (märcän), Turkmen merjen 'coral' |
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| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurmanji Kurdish | |
| lexeme | mircan | |
| meaning 1 | pearl | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | coral | |
| reference | Kurdoev 1960 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Uighur | |
| lexeme | marjan (مارجان) | |
| meaning 1 | pearl | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | coral | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University |
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