girl
—
female servant, maid
8 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ğāriyat- | |
Meaning 1 | girl, young woman | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | female slave | |
Reference | Lane: 416 | |
Comment | A derivative (active participle fem.) from جَرَى /ğarāˊ/ 'to run'. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Danish | |
Lexeme | pige | |
Meaning 1 | little girl | lille pige a little girl |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | female servant, maid | ung pige i huset a young servant |
Reference | DDO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Semantic evolution | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | maid | |
Meaning 1 | (arch.) an unmarried girl or woman | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | a female servant | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Kurux | |
Lexeme | pellō | |
Meaning 1 | girl, a female child | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | maid-servant | |
Reference | Oraon-English Dictionary: 571 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Norwegian | |
Lexeme | pike | |
Meaning 1 | little girl | det var ti piker og åtte gutter i barnehagen there were ten girls and eight boys in the kindergarten |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | female servant, maid | |
Reference | BO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Spanish | |
Lexeme | muchacha | |
Meaning 1 | girl, maiden | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | female servant | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Narumov 1995: 518 |
ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Zway | |
Language 2 | Amharic | |
Lexeme | gäräd | |
Meaning 1 | daughter, girl | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | maid, servant girl | |
Reference | EDG I: 1210 AED: 1939 | |
Comment |