sky
→
destiny
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme | سپهر sepehr | |
| meaning 1 | sky, heavens | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | destiny | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ПРС 440. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurdish | |
| lexeme | aflāk | |
| meaning 1 | sky | |
| meaning 2 | destiny | |
| reference | ||
| comment | From the Arabic ’aflāk (pl. of falak 'heaven') | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | eflâk | |
| meaning 1 | sky | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | destiny | |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 261 | |
| comment | From the Arabic ’aflāk (pl. of falak 'heaven'). Cf. also Turkish felek 'sky; destiny' from the same root. |
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