clever
→
doctor, physician
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ṭabīb- | |
Meaning 1 | knowing, well-versed in the knowledge of something | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | physician | |
Reference | BK: II 51 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme | ḥakīm- | |
Meaning 1 | wise man; philosopher; scholar | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | physician | |
Reference | BK: I 472 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Endegany | |
Lexeme | nəppaw | |
Meaning 1 | skillful | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | local physician | |
Reference | EDG I: 218 | |
Comment | According to EDG 373, derived from ləbb "heart", obviously through the meaning "mind, intelligence", although this meaning is not attested in EDG or EDG I for this root in Gurage languages. |