messenger
→
angel
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | ἄγγελος | |
| meaning 1 | ambassador | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | angel | |
| reference | ||
| comment | LSJ 7 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Burmese | |
| lexeme 1 | тəман | |
| lexeme 2 | тəмандо | |
| meaning 1 | courrier, messenger | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | angel | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Novikov et al. 1976, 228 | |
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Classical Armenian | |
| lexeme | hreštak (հրեշտակ) | |
| meaning 1 | messenger | hreštak Hayrapetin Hṙovmay (հրեշտակ Հայրապետին Հռովմայ) the Pope's nuncio |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | angel | pahapan hreštak (պահապան հրեշտակ) |
| reference | Petrosean, Matatʿeay 1879 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | malʔak | |
| meaning 1 | ambassador, messenger | malāʔəkt rawāṣəyān (Jes. 18:2) quick messengers |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | angel | malāʔəkt za-maḳśaft (Hen. 56:1) the punishing angels |
| reference | LLA: 48 | |
| comment | A Greek calque. | |