The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

saint → distilled alcohol 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Buriat
lexeme 1		богдо (boɢdo)
lexeme 2		богдо (boɢdo) (Lower Uda dialect)
meaning 1	saint
direction	→
meaning 2	(hand made) vodka
reference		Рассадин Становление говора нижнеудинских бурят: 135
comment		Vodka is regularly used in various religious shamanistic rituals, which might be the reason for the shift of meaning in Lower Uda dialect, where the word has both meanings.