“Left” in 47 languages

Tap ▶ to hear it. 47 of 47 come from or match Wiktionary. Languages from the same family sit together, so you can see the shared roots.

Romance

• CatalanesquerreFrom Wiktionary▶
• FrenchgaucheFrom Wiktionary▶
• GalicianesquerdaFrom Wiktionary▶
• ItaliansinistroFrom Wiktionary▶
• LatinlaevusFrom Wiktionary▶
• PortugueseesquerdoFrom Wiktionary▶
• RomanianstângFrom Wiktionary▶
• SpanishizquierdaFrom Wiktionary▶

Slavic

• BulgarianлявljavFrom Wiktionary▶
• CroatianlijeviFrom Wiktionary▶
• CzechlevýFrom Wiktionary▶
• PolishlewyFrom Wiktionary▶
• Russianле́выйlévyjFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovakľаvýFrom Wiktionary▶
• SlovenianleviFrom Wiktionary▶
• Ukrainianлі́вийlívyjFrom Wiktionary▶

Germanic

• DanishvenstreFrom Wiktionary▶
• DutchlinksFrom Wiktionary▶
• GermanlinkFrom Wiktionary▶
• SwedishvänsterFrom Wiktionary▶

Indo-Iranian

• BengaliবাঁbãFrom Wiktionary▶
• Hindiबायाँbāyā̃From Wiktionary▶
• PersianچپčapFrom Wiktionary▶
• Urduبایاںbāyā̃From Wiktionary▶

Austronesian

• FilipinokaliwaFrom Wiktionary▶
• IndonesiankiriFrom Wiktionary▶
• MalaykiriFrom Wiktionary▶

Turkic

• AzerbaijanisolFrom Wiktionary▶
• KyrgyzсолsolFrom Wiktionary▶
• TurkishsolFrom Wiktionary▶

Uralic

• EstonianvasakFrom Wiktionary▶
• FinnishvasenFrom Wiktionary▶
• HungarianbalFrom Wiktionary▶

Baltic

• LatviankreissFrom Wiktionary▶
• LithuaniankairiojiFrom Wiktionary▶

Semitic

• ArabicيَسَارyasārFrom Wiktionary▶
• HebrewשְׂמֹאלsmolFrom Wiktionary▶

Albanian

• AlbanianmajtëFrom Wiktionary▶

Bantu

• SwahilikushotoFrom Wiktionary▶

Basque (no relatives)

• BasqueezkerFrom Wiktionary▶

Celtic

• IrishcléFrom Wiktionary▶

Chinese

• Chinese左zuǒFrom Wiktionary▶

Esperanto (built from Romance + Germanic)

• EsperantomaldekstraFrom Wiktionary▶

Japanese

• Japanese左hidariFrom Wiktionary▶

Korean

• Korean왼oenFrom Wiktionary▶

Thai

• Thaiซ้ายsáaiFrom Wiktionary▶

Vietnamese

• VietnamesetráiFrom Wiktionary▶