pomegranate
→
hawthorn
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme | shíliú (石榴) | |
| meaning 1 | pomegranate | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (Shouguang Mandarin) hawthorn | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | shíliú (石榴) is short from ānshíliú (安石榴). ānshí is Chinese name of Arsacid and Parthian Empire. The tree was named as it was brought to China by official and diplomat Zhang Qian (died c. 114 B) from the Arsacid Empire (安石) in Irania. | |