<building> constellation 12 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Azerbaijani
lexeme bürc
meaning 1 tower
direction
meaning 2 constellation, zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme burj (بُرْج)
meaning 1 castle, citadel, tower
direction
meaning 2 constellation, asterism, zodiac, sign of zodiac

‏تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَاجًا وَقَمَرًا مُنِيرًا‎
tabāraka allaḏī jaʕala fī s-samāʔi burūjan wajaʕala fīhā sirājan waqamaran munīran (Qur'an, 25:61)


Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon. 

reference Lane: 180
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NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Farsi
lexeme borj (برج)
meaning 1 tower, fort, castle
direction
meaning 2 constellation, zodiac, sign of zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Georgian
lexeme burǯi (ბურჯი)
meaning 1 bastion
direction
meaning 2 (obsolete) constellation, zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Hindi
lexeme burj (बुर्ज)
meaning 1 bastion, tower, turret
direction
meaning 2 constellation, sign of zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 6
type Derivation
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 орд(он)
lexeme 2 орд
meaning 1 palace, headquaters, mansion

өвлийн ордон


winter palace

direction
meaning 2 constellation, Zodiac sign

Персей одны ордны солирын бороо


Meteor shower from Perseus constellation.

reference BAMRS 2001-2002
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NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme гэр
meaning 1 yurt, house
direction
meaning 2 constellation
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
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NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Punjabi
lexeme burj
meaning 1 bastion, tower, turret
direction
meaning 2 constellation, sign of zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme gṛhá (गृह)
meaning 1 house, habitation, home, dwelling
direction
meaning 2 zodiac sign; an astrological mansion
reference MW: 361
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NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Syriac
lexeme būrgāʾ (ܒܘܪܓܐ)
meaning 1 tower, turret, fortress
direction
meaning 2 zodiac sign
reference Payne Smith: 39a CAL
comment

Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 130b.

The meaning of 'zodiac sign' is influenced by Arabic بُرْج‎ (burj), itself borrowed from Syriac.

NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme burç
meaning 1 fortress
direction
meaning 2 constellation, zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Urdu
lexeme burj (برج)
meaning 1 bastion, tower, turret
direction
meaning 2 constellation, sign of zodiac
reference <personally collected data>
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