noon, midday South 19 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 3822)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme μεσημβρία
meaning 1 noon, midday ἐκ μεσημβρίας
immediately after midday
direction
meaning 2 South τὰ πρὸς μεσαμβρίην
southern regions
reference LSJ
comment LSJ 1105-1106
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 7504)
type Polysemy
language Breton
lexeme kreisteiz
meaning 1 noon, midday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment Мурадова
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 3880)
type Polysemy
language Chuvash
lexeme кǎнтǎр
meaning 1 noon, midday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment The word can be traced back to the Turkic root meaning 'day, daytime '
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 26873)
type Polysemy
language Estonian
lexeme lõuna
meaning 1 noon
direction
meaning 2 South
reference Veskimägi et al. 1995: 453
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 26875)
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme nimruz (نیمروز)
meaning 1 noon
direction
meaning 2 South
reference English Wiktionary
comment

From Middle Persian nymrwc (nēmrōz) 'south, midday'. Analyzable as nim +‎ ruz, literally 'half day'. Compare Parthian nymrwc (nēmrož) 'south'.

ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 10786)
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme midi
meaning 1 noon Qu'avez-vous mangé à midi ?
What did you eat at noon?
direction
meaning 2 south appartement exposé au midi
an apartment that looks to the south
reference Larousse online
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 6356)
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme üülen
meaning 1 noon, heyday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 4355)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme dél
meaning 1 noon, midday dél felé
around noon
direction
meaning 2 South délre utazni
to travel to the south
reference Гальди 1974: 127
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 5965)
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme даром
meaning 1 noon, midday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment КРПС 169. In the dictionary it is cited as a Hebrew borrowing. Проверить есть ли полисемия в иврите. Если нет, то в караимском полисемия возникает под польским влиянием.
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 6109)
type Derivation
language Karaim
lexeme 1 тис
lexeme 2 тислик
meaning 1 noon, midday тис вахтларда
at midday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment КРПС 531. Cf. also тюшлюк 'South, midday' (КРПС 571).
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 39141)
type Polysemy
language Komi-Permyak
lexeme лун
meaning 1 day
direction
meaning 2 South
reference <personally collected data>
comment

https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1307865

ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 3823)
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme meridies
meaning 1 noon, midday
direction
meaning 2 South
reference Glare: 1103
comment meridies < medidies derived from medius 'middle' and dies 'day;
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 10458)
type Polysemy
language Lithuanian
lexeme piẽtūs
meaning 1 noon, midday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment Журавлев 2005, 881
NEW Realization 14 (ID: 41954)
type Polysemy
language Maltese
lexeme nofsinhar
meaning 1 midday
direction
meaning 2 (archaic) South
reference <personally collected data>
comment

From Arabic niṣf an-nahār 'midday; meridian' (نِصْف النَّهَار). By surface analysis, nofs 'mid, half' +‎ nhar 'day'. Sense 'south' is a calque of Italian mezzogiorno.

ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 3800)
type Polysemy
language Polish
lexeme południe
meaning 1 noon, midday
meaning 2 South
reference
comment Ср. белорус. поўдзень 'полдень, юг'
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 1951)
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme amiază
meaning 1 noon, midday
direction
meaning 2 South (obs.) vânt despre amiază
the wind from the South
reference DEX98
comment DRRS 1, 86, DEX98. From Latin medidies DER 37
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 28409)
type Polysemy
language Tatar
lexeme төш
meaning 1 noon
direction
meaning 2 (dated) South
reference Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 2, 416
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 10097)
type Derivation
language Udmurt
lexeme 1 лымшор
lexeme 2 лымшор пал
meaning 1 noon, midday
direction
meaning 2 South
reference
comment
NEW Realization 19 (ID: 48179)
type Derivation
language Ukrainian
lexeme 1 опівдні
lexeme 2 південь
meaning 1 noon, midday
direction
meaning 2 South
reference <personally collected data>
comment