root (of a plant) origin 9 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme ῥίζα
Meaning 1 root
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Meaning 2 kindred, origin
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme ʕirḳ-
Meaning 1 root
Direction
Meaning 2 origin ʕirḳ-u t̲-t̲arā´ 'the source of mankind' (applied to Adam)
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Comment Lane 2018-2019
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme 1 ̣ʔaṣl-
Lexeme 2 ʔaṣl-
Meaning 1 root
Direction
Meaning 2 origin fulān-u fī ʔaṣl-i ṣidḳ-in 'Such a one is of an excelent origin, or race, or stock'
Reference
Comment Lane 64-65; BK I 37. Along with the meaning of 'root' there is also the meaning of 'stub, lower part of the tree trunk'.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Geez
Lexeme śərw
Meaning 1 root wa-ʔəsma ʔalbo śərwa yabsa ‘and it withered, because it did not have root’ (Matth. 13:6)
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Meaning 2 tribe, stock śərwəki wa-zamadəki ʔəm-mədra kanāʔan ‘your tribe and your relatives are from the land of Canaan’ (Hez. 16:30)
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Comment (LLA 242)
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Karakhanid Uighur
Lexeme тӯб
Meaning 1 root йиґāҗ тӯбӣ
tree root
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Meaning 2 origin тӯблук аран
person of noble origin
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Comment МК 5161-5162
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme yaʒguur
Meaning 1 root бургас модны язгуур
osier root
Direction
Meaning 2 origin, kin өндөр язгуур
high, noble origin
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ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Osetin
Lexeme wīdag | wedagæ
Meaning 1 root meti buni xalsartæn næ basujǯænæj sæ wedagæ
under the snow the plant root will not freeze
Direction
Meaning 2 origin mæn medægæ saw tog næ tæǯuj - dæn wedag æ Tægærtæj
I have no black blood in my veins - I come from the Tagarovs' family
Reference
Comment Абаев 1, 106
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme koren'
Meaning 1 root
Direction
Meaning 2 root У меня цыганские корни 'I am of gypsy origin'.
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NEW Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme kök
Meaning 1 root (of a plant)

Tohum saç ve yoluna devam et. Tohum iyiyse eğer, kök salacaktır.


You drop seeds, and you move on. If the seeds are good, they'll take root.

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Meaning 2 origin

Bu özelliklerin ikisi de sözcüğün Yunanca köküyle bağlantılıdır


Both of these features link up with the Greek origin of the word

Reference Baskakov 1977: 565 glosbe.com
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