best man (at wedding) ↔ godfather 6 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 52464)
type Polysemy
language Bulgarian
lexeme кум
meaning 1 best man (at wedding)
direction ←
meaning 2 godfather
reference Bernštejn 1966: 284
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 52462)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme kum
meaning 1 best man (at wedding)

vjenčani kum


best man

direction ←
meaning 2 godfather

krsni kum


godfather

reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 52463)
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme кум
meaning 1 best man (at wedding)

Кумот ни донесе голем подарок за нашата свадба.


The best man brought us a huge gift for our wedding.

direction ←
meaning 2 godfather

Кумот ми го крсти детето.


My godfather baptizes my child.

reference ODRMJ
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 50167)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme ʔišbīn (إِشْبِين)
meaning 1 somebody who is adduced as a witness to a wedding, bridesman, groomsman, paranymph
direction →
meaning 2 somebody who is adduced as a witness to a baptism, godfather, baptismal sponsor
reference Wehr
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Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫܰܘܫܒܺܝܢܳܐ (šawšəḇīnā), from Akkadian ⁠susapinnu⁠ 'paranymph, friend of the bridegroom in a wedding ceremony'

The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 416
“šwšbyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎, volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 724
Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974), The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, page 94

ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 50166)
type Derivation
language Romanian
lexeme 1 nun
lexeme 2 naș
meaning 1 best man (at wedding)
direction →
meaning 2 godfather
reference MDA2 DLRLC
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nun + aș > nunaș 'best man', 'godfather' > nanaș 'best man', 'godfather' > naș 'godfather'

ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 52461)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme кум (kum)
meaning 1 best man (at wedding)

венчани кум


best man

direction ←
meaning 2 godfather

крштени кум


godfather

reference РСЈ: 614
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