1. gold (the precious metal) — The precious metal gold, whether as raw material, refined substance, or items made from gold; Greek χρυσίον is a diminutive of χρυσός but used broadly for gold in all forms. Multilingual evidence uniformly confirms a single semantic concept: eng 'gold,' spa 'oro,' hin सोना/सोने (sonā), arb ذَهَبٍ/ذَهَبٌ (dhahab), kor 금 (geum), swa 'dhahabu.' The two clusters differ only in grammatical case (nominative/accusative vs genitive) with no semantic divergence across any translation language. 12×
AR["الذَّهَبِ","المَدينَةِ","بِالذَّهَبِ","بِذَهَبٍ","ذَهَباً","ذَهَبًا","ذَهَبٌ","ذَهَبٍ"]·ben["সোনা","সোনায়","সোনায়,","সোনার-চেয়ে","স্বর্ণ","স্বর্ণালংকার","স্বর্ণে"]·DE["Gold"]·EN["gold","of-gold","with-gold"]·FR["or"]·heb["זָהָב"]·HI["सोना","सोने","सोने,","सोने-के-गहने","सोने-से"]·ID["dari-emas","dengan-emas","emas"]·IT["chrusion","chrusiou","chrusiō","chrusiōn","oro"]·jav["emas","emas,","emas--","kencana","mas,","mawi-emas","tinimbang-emas"]·KO["금","금-을","금-이","금과","금들의","금에,","금으로","금이나","금이다"]·PT["com-ouro","de-ouro,","ouro","ouro-","que-ouro"]·RU["золота","золота,","золоте","золото","золотом","золотом--"]·ES["con-oro","de-oros","oro","que-oro"]·SW["dhahabu","dhahabu,","kwa-dhahabu"]·TR["altın","altından","altınla","altınların","arıtılmış"]·urd["سونا","سونے","سونے--سے","سونے-سے","سونے-کا،"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
χρῡσίον, τό, diminutive of χρυσός, a piece of gold, generally, gold, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 anything made of gold, gold plate, ornaments of gold, etc., ἄσημον NT+5th c.BC+ __3 especially gold coin, money, Refs 5th c.BC+pieces of gold, Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 gold thread, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II as a term of endearment, my little treasure! Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 ={τὸ τῶν παιδίων αἰδοῖον}, Refs 5th c.AD+