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letter (character)
9 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 50412) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Assamese | |
| lexeme | বৰ্ণ [barṇa] | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | alphabet; letter of alphabet | |
| reference | Assamese 1962: 654 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51919) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bengali | |
| lexeme | borno (বর্ণ) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | letter (character) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 51920) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hindi | |
| lexeme | varṇ (वर्ण) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (character) | |
| reference | McGregor 1993 | |
| comment | varṇamālā (वर्णमाला) 'alphabet', lit. 'letter-garland' |
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| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 51916) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | vannaʼ (វណ្ណ) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | letter | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 (ID: 51921) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Marathi | |
| lexeme | varṇa (वर्ण) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | letter (character) | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 (ID: 51915) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oriya | |
| lexeme | barṇṇa (ବର୍ଣ୍ଣ) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | alphabet | |
| reference | Praharaj 1931-1940 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 (ID: 51914) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | várṇa (वर्ण॑ ) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | letter of alphabet | |
| reference | MW: 924 | |
| comment | Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen, volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 154 |
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| NEW Realization 8 (ID: 50414) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Complex derivation | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme 1 | వర్ణము [varṇamu] + māla (మాల) | |
| lexeme 2 | వర్ణమాల [varṇa-māla] | |
| meaning 1 | caste + garland | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | alphabet | |
| reference | Brown Telugu dictionary: 1141 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 (ID: 51922) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | wan (วรรณ) | |
| meaning 1 | caste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | letter (character) | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||