sulfur match (for fire) 7 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 17812)
type Derivation
language Czech
lexeme 1 síra
lexeme 2 sirka
meaning 1 sulfur
direction
meaning 2 match (for fire)
reference SSJČ
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 17811)
type Derivation
language Faroese
lexeme 1 svávul
lexeme 2 svávulpinnur
meaning 1 sulfur
direction
meaning 2 match (for fire)
reference <personally collected data>
comment pinnur 'stick'
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 17803)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme kebrit
meaning 1 sulfur
direction
meaning 2 match (for fire)
reference <personally collected data>
comment From Arabic
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 39133)
type Internal cognates
language Komi-Permyak
lexeme истӧг
meaning 1 (dialect) sulfur
direction
meaning 2 match (for fire)
reference <personally collected data>
comment

https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1305314

ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 17802)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme كِبْرِيت kibrīt-
meaning 1 sulfur

kibrīt-u ʕamūd-in


sulfur crystals

direction
meaning 2 match (for fire)

ʕulb-at-u kibrīt-in


box of matches

reference Wehr: 1083 Baranov: II 675
comment Borrowed from Aramaic kiḇrīṯā,‎ kĕḇrīṯā 'sulfur', from Akkadian kibrītu 'sulfur; firebrand'.
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 17804)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme kiberiti, kibiriti
meaning 1 sulfur
direction
meaning 2 match (for fire)
reference <personally collected data>
comment From Arabic
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 30853)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme kibrit
meaning 1 sulfur

hamızı kibrit


sulfuric acid

direction
meaning 2 matches

kibrit başı


head of a match

reference Baskakov 1977: 550
comment

Arabian loanword.