glass (material) mirror 85 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Abkhaz
Lexeme асаркьа (aˈsarkʲa)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Genko 1998: 227
Comment
NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Alabama
Lexeme aayanchahka
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Alabama dictionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Andi
Lexeme матІу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Avar
Lexeme матӀу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Salatav dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Ayoreo
Lexeme a'hiikarani
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Bariai
Lexeme tlotlonga
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Gallagher 2008: 246
Comment
NEW Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Bengali
Lexeme āinā (আইনা)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Dasa 1937: 168
Comment

From Classical Persian âyina (آیینه) 'mirror'

ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Bezhta
Lexeme цІика
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Botlikh
Lexeme матІу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Bulang (Blang)
Lexeme ćam.51
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Burmese
Lexeme hman
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Burmrse
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Buyang
Lexeme ciŋ.55
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Ecun dialect
NEW Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Casiguran Dumagat
Lexeme salamin
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference ACD
Comment

Borrowing from Malay cərmin 'mirror, looking-glas', although a still to be identified Indic source is strongly suspected.

ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Catuquina (Kanamarí)
Lexeme βɨisi-ti
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Cheke Holo (Maringe)
Lexeme thiro
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference ACD
Comment
NEW Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Cherokee
Lexeme adakehdi (ᎠᏓᎨᏗ)
Meaning 1 window pane
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Cherokeedictionary.net
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Chong
Lexeme kəcɔk.A
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Chuvash
Lexeme тӗкӗр
Meaning 1 (dialect) glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Электронлă сăмахсар
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Cofán
Lexeme kãkʰo
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Cuoi (Thổ)
Lexeme kacɔk.13
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Kha Poong
NEW Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Doromu-Koki
Lexeme garasi
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Bradshaw 2021: 67
Comment

From Hiri Motu

NEW Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Ekari (Kapauku)
Lexeme papaado
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Doble Marion. Kapauku-Malayan-Dutch-English Dictionary The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960 38

ACCEPTED Realization 23
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme glass
Meaning 1 (chiefly Brit.) a mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference ODE
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme glace
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference CNRTL
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language Gawwada (Ale)
Lexeme ʔeemaɗo
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 ʔeem-aɗ-o [look-MID-VN]
NEW Realization 26
Type Polysemy
Language Gela (Nggela)
Lexeme tiro, ti-tiro
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 looking glass
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 27
Type Polysemy
Language Gelao (Kelao)
Lexeme pi.31 ćiŋ.35
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Qau dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 28
Type Polysemy
Language Ginukh
Lexeme цІикай
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 29
Type Polysemy
Language Godoberi
Lexeme матІу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 30
Type Polysemy
Language Hiligaynon
Lexeme espého
Meaning 1 window-pane
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Hiligaynon
Comment

From Spanish espejo

NEW Realization 31
Type Polysemy
Language Hiligaynon
Lexeme salamíng
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Hiligaynon
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 32
Type Polysemy
Language Hlai (Baoting)
Lexeme kia.3
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 33
Type Polysemy
Language Hunzib
Lexeme мутІу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 34
Type Polysemy
Language Indonesian
Lexeme kaca
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEALang Indonesia
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35
Type Polysemy
Language Ingush
Lexeme кизга
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 36
Type Polysemy
Language Javanese
Lexeme kaca
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Javanese
Comment
NEW Realization 37
Type Polysemy
Language Kannada
Lexeme ainā (ಐನಾ)
Meaning 1 glass-pane
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Kittel 1968-1971: 309
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 38
Type Polysemy
Language Karata
Lexeme матІу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 39
Type Polysemy
Language Karok
Lexeme pimustihβá̄nar
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 40
Type Polysemy
Language Kemie
Lexeme vian.33
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 41
Type Polysemy
Language Khinalug
Lexeme хІайнаь
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 42
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme kaɲcak (កញ្ចក់)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 43
Type Polysemy
Language Khwarshi
Lexeme матӀу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Kwantlada and Inkhokvari dialects. Also мутІу in Khwarshi dialect
NEW Realization 44
Type Polysemy
Language Kikuyu
Lexeme gĩcicio
Meaning 1 window pane
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Benson, T.G. Kikuyu-English dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1964 p. 58.

Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact, p. 41

NEW Realization 45
Type Polysemy
Language Koasati
Lexeme kakanahilka
Meaning 1 window glass
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey; Martha John; Ruth Poncho Koasati Dictionary 1994 P. 112 https://archive.org/details/koasatidictionar00kimb

ACCEPTED Realization 46
Type Polysemy
Language Kubachi
Lexeme ляхIямцIала
Meaning 1 mirror ляхIямцIала ласиже чибдахьи
hang a mirror on the wall
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material) уццадигалал ляхIямцIала бинкабицци
insert glass into the window frame
Reference Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 260
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 47
Type Polysemy
Language Kumyk
Lexeme гузгу
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 48
Type Polysemy
Language Kyaka
Lexeme gelasse
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Draper & Draper 2002: 116
Comment
NEW Realization 49
Type Polysemy
Language Kyaka
Lexeme kerapa
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Draper & Draper 2002: 168
Comment
NEW Realization 50
Type Polysemy
Language Lakalai
Lexeme la ti-tiro
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference ACD
Comment
NEW Realization 51
Type Polysemy
Language Lao
Lexeme ká cók (ກະຈົກ)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Lao
Comment
NEW Realization 52
Type Polysemy
Language Lushai
Lexeme dâr-thla-lang
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Lorrain 1940: 106
Comment
NEW Realization 53
Type Polysemy
Language Malayalam
Lexeme kannadi (കണ്ണാടി)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Gundert Malayalam dictionary: 198
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 54
Type Polysemy
Language Maonan
Lexeme ćiŋ.5
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 55
Type Polysemy
Language Maranao
Lexeme legawan
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Maranao
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 56
Type Polysemy
Language Modern Mon
Lexeme kəhò
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Mon
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 57
Type Polysemy
Language Mulam
Lexeme kɛŋ.5
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 58
Type Polysemy
Language Nahuatl
Lexeme teska-t
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Sierra de Zacapoaxtla variety
NEW Realization 59
Type Polysemy
Language Navajo
Lexeme tsésǫʼ
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 60
Type Polysemy
Language Nepali
Lexeme ainā (ऐना)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Schmidt 1994: 74
Comment

From Classical Persian âyina (آیینه) 'mirror'

ACCEPTED Realization 61
Type Polysemy
Language Ninam
Lexeme kalawe
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Shirishana variety
ACCEPTED Realization 62
Type Polysemy
Language Nung (Tai)
Lexeme kjiŋ.5
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 63
Type Polysemy
Language Nyakur
Lexeme kacɔ́k T
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 64
Type Polysemy
Language Oriya
Lexeme ainā (ଅଇନା)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Praharaj 1931-1940: 9
Comment

From Classical Persian âyina (آیینه) 'mirror'

ACCEPTED Realization 65
Type Polysemy
Language Prai (Phai)
Lexeme wɛ:n
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 66
Type Polysemy
Language Punjabi
Lexeme sísá (ਸੀਸਾ)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Singh 1895: 1061
Comment

'lead' > 'mirror' > 'glass'

ACCEPTED Realization 67
Type Polysemy
Language Q'eqchi'
Lexeme lem
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 68
Type Polysemy
Language Shan
Lexeme tsam3 (ၸမ်ႈ)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference SEAlang Shan
Comment
NEW Realization 69
Type Polysemy
Language Somali
Lexeme muraayad(-da)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Alejnikov 2012: 240
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 70
Type Polysemy
Language Surin Khmer (Northern Khmer)
Lexeme kcâʔ
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 71
Type Polysemy
Language Swahili
Lexeme kioo
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 72
Type Polysemy
Language Tabassaran
Lexeme гюзгю
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Southern dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 73
Type Polysemy
Language Takia
Lexeme galas
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3 From English glass and Tok Pisin galas
ACCEPTED Realization 74
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme pāṇṭil
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference Tamil lexicon: 2598
Comment Also kaṇṇāṭi 'glass things, looking glass, mirror'
NEW Realization 75
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme kaṇṇāṭi (கண்ணாடி)
Meaning 1 glass things
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Tamil lexicon
Comment
NEW Realization 76
Type Polysemy
Language Telugu
Lexeme 1 addamu (అద్దము)
Lexeme 2 addamu (అద్దము
Meaning 1 pane of glass

addālatalupu (అద్దాలతలుపు)


glass door

Direction
Meaning 2 mirror

addapudōsili (అద్దపుదోసిలి)


the fee for the looking glass (a certain allowance of grain granted to the village barber as remuneration for his services)

Reference Brown Telugu dictionary: 44
Comment Cognate with Tamil attam (அத்தம்) mirror' (probably a Telugu borrowing), Gondi addam 'mirror'. Probably from Sanskrit ādarśa (आदर्श) 'mirror'.
NEW Realization 77
Type Polysemy
Language Telugu
Lexeme makuramu (మకురము)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference Brown Telugu dictionary: 945
Comment
NEW Realization 78
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme kraˈjòk (กระจก)
Meaning 1 plate of glass, e.g. a window-pane
Direction
Meaning 2 (colloquial) mirror

grà-jòk wí-sèet bɔ̀ɔk kâa tə̀ət · pûu dai ngaam lə̂ət nai bpà-tà-pii (กระจกวิเศษบอกข้าเถิด ผู้ใดงามเลิศในปฐพี)


Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?

Reference SEAlang Thai
Comment shortened from kraˈjòk-ngao (กระจกเงา) 'mirror' from kraˈjòk + ngao 'image; reflection; shadow'.
NEW Realization 79
Type Polysemy
Language Tibetan
Lexeme shel (ཤེལ)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 80
Type Polysemy
Language Tolai (Kuanua)
Lexeme tiro-ā
Meaning 1 any clear glass
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference ACD
Comment

originally applied to a pool on the surface of which a scum was created with the leaves of the kadaka-dolo, used as a mirror

ACCEPTED Realization 81
Type Polysemy
Language Tsez
Lexeme чІикай
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Mokok dialect
NEW Realization 82
Type Polysemy
Language Urdu
Lexeme śīśa (شِیشَہ)
Meaning 1 glass (material)
Direction
Meaning 2 mirror
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Borrowed from Classical Persian šīša (شیشه‎) 'glass'

Rekhta Dictionary, Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023 https://rekhtadictionary.com/search?keyword=%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B4%DB%81


ACCEPTED Realization 83
Type Polysemy
Language Wayuu (Guajiro)
Lexeme r̃ouya
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 84
Type Polysemy
Language White Hmong (Hmong Daw)
Lexeme iav
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 85
Type Polysemy
Language Zhuang-Longzhou (Central Tai)
Lexeme kiŋ.5
Meaning 1 mirror
Direction
Meaning 2 glass (material)
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3