best man (at wedding)
→
godfather
2 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | 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 |
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