headscarf
→
woman
2 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme 1 | чышъян | |
| lexeme 2 | чышъяна | |
| meaning 1 | headscarf, handkerchief | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | woman | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | A euphemism used by hunters who were forbidden to mention women in the forest. Голубкова О., Голева Т., Панюков А. Мифы коми. От Пармы и небесной охоты до лесной колдуньи Ёмы и подземной чуди / [науч. ред. А. Бауло]. — Москва : МИФ, 2025. С. 89 |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kubachi | |
| lexeme 1 | кIаз | |
| lexeme 2 | кIазчибан | |
| meaning 1 | headscarf | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | woman | |
| reference | Magomedov, Saidov-Akkutta 2017: 247 | |
| comment | ||
Kubachi men traditionally wore hats, and women wore a headscarf.
Photo by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky (series Типы Дагестана "Dagestan Types", between 1905 and 1915) from the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsc.04437/