Significance of alef in بِاسمِ
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Arman - thanks for the example.
It seems (at least in this example) that the part of speech is very relevant. For the derived words meaning "calf", the spelling in each case is exclusive (i.e. for each spelling, the part of speech is noun only, and the meaning is "calf" only).
I'm wondering whether there are words in the Quran where the meaning is different for the same spelling/part of speech...?
In the specific example the term ajal (ل is also a noun (same part of speech) and spelling is also similar ignoring the pronounciation marks.
However, the original question was whether all the words from same root must share similar meaning. We were specifically looking at the word "Millat" - and it was argued that the meaning of other words of same root (e.g. mallah, maliltu) having a different meaning, it is unlikely that millat would mean "religion". To establish such a hypothesis we need to show that all words derived from the same root - irrespective of spelling - must share similar meanings.
Your question "whether there are words in the Quran where the meaning is different for the same spelling/part of speech...?" is a totally different/new question. Per my understanding the answer is also "yes". For example, the word aqqan (ا can mean either an Obligation or Truth.
Ref http//corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Hqq
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Arman -
Arman - thanks again.
Your question "whether there are words in the Quran where the meaning is different for the same spelling/part of speech...?" is a totally different/new question.
He he... sorry I did not articulate that I was asking a new/ tangent question... we're so offtopic from "Significance of alef in " that I just went with the flow )