colour → kind (n.) 2 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme lawn-
meaning 1 'colour' (WKAS 1849) wa-lawn-u raʔsiya ʔaġbar-u
and the hair on my head is white
direction →
meaning 2 'kind, sort, type' (WKAS 1860) wa-huwa lawnāni ̣ʔaḥad-u-humā t̲amarat-u-hu fī mit̲l-I hayʔat-i l-lawz-i
There are two species of it, and the fruits of one species resemble almonds
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme levin
meaning 1 colour, dye, face colour

levni döndü


his face (colour) changed
direction —
meaning 2 kind (n.), sort, type
reference Baskakov 1977: 588
comment From Arabic.

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