<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>
Comment
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


Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon. (Qur'an, 25:61)

Reference <personally collected data>
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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>
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Hindi
Lexeme burj (बुर्ज)
Meaning 1 bastion, tower, turret
Direction
Meaning 2 constellation, sign of zodiac
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Comment
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
Comment
NEW Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme гэр
Meaning 1 yurt, house
Direction
Meaning 2 constellation
Reference BAMRS 2001-2002
Comment
NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Punjabi
Lexeme burj
Meaning 1 bastion, tower, turret
Direction
Meaning 2 constellation, sign of zodiac
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Comment
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
Comment
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>
Comment
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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