to turn, rotate (intr.) to reincarnate 3 realizations FAMILY: Sino-Tibetan
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 51188)
type Derivation
language Cantonese Chinese
lexeme 1 zyun2 (转 / 轉)
lexeme 2 zyun2 sai3 (转世 / 轉世)
meaning 1 to turn; to revolve
direction
meaning 2 (Buddhism) to reincarnate; to transmigrate
reference English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 51187)
type Derivation
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme 1 zhuǎn (转 / 轉)
lexeme 2 zhuǎnshì (转世 / 轉世)
meaning 1 to turn; to revolve
direction
meaning 2 (Buddhism) to reincarnate; to transmigrate
reference English Wiktionary
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 6430)
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme akhur-po
meaning 1 to turn, to spin, to go in circles
direction
meaning 2 to reincarnate
reference Roerich: I, 355.
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