Straight in Different Languages
Discover 'Straight' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Straight
Afrikaans reguit | ||
Albanian drejt | ||
Amharic ቀጥ ያለ | ||
Arabic مباشرة | ||
Armenian ուղիղ | ||
Assamese পোন | ||
Aymara chiqaki | ||
Azerbaijani düz | ||
Bambara tilennen | ||
Basque zuzen | ||
Belarusian прамой | ||
Bengali সোজা | ||
Bhojpuri सोझे | ||
Bosnian ravno | ||
Bulgarian прав | ||
Catalan recte | ||
Cebuano tul-id | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 直行 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 直行 | ||
Corsican drittu | ||
Croatian ravno | ||
Czech rovný | ||
Danish lige | ||
Dhivehi ސީދާ | ||
Dogri सिद्धा | ||
Dutch rechtdoor | ||
English straight | ||
Esperanto rekta | ||
Estonian sirge | ||
Ewe dzɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tuwid | ||
Finnish suoraan | ||
French tout droit | ||
Frisian rjocht | ||
Galician recto | ||
Georgian სწორი | ||
German gerade | ||
Greek ευθεία | ||
Guarani naikarẽiva | ||
Gujarati સીધા | ||
Haitian Creole dwat | ||
Hausa madaidaiciya | ||
Hawaiian pololoi | ||
Hebrew יָשָׁר | ||
Hindi सीधे | ||
Hmong ncaj | ||
Hungarian egyenes | ||
Icelandic beint | ||
Igbo kwụ ọtọ | ||
Ilocano natarus | ||
Indonesian lurus | ||
Irish díreach | ||
Italian dritto | ||
Japanese まっすぐ | ||
Javanese lurus | ||
Kannada ನೇರ | ||
Kazakh түзу | ||
Khmer ត្រង់ | ||
Kinyarwanda igororotse | ||
Konkani सरळ | ||
Korean 직진 | ||
Krio tret | ||
Kurdish rast | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕاستەوخۆ | ||
Kyrgyz түз | ||
Lao ກົງ | ||
Latin recta | ||
Latvian taisni | ||
Lingala mbala moko | ||
Lithuanian tiesiai | ||
Luganda okugolokoka | ||
Luxembourgish riichtaus | ||
Macedonian исправен | ||
Maithili सीधा | ||
Malagasy mahitsy | ||
Malay lurus | ||
Malayalam ഋജുവായത് | ||
Maltese dritta | ||
Maori totika | ||
Marathi सरळ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯆꯨꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo ngil | ||
Mongolian чигээрээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တည့်တည့် | ||
Nepali सीधा | ||
Norwegian rett | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) molunjika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସିଧା | ||
Oromo qajeelaa | ||
Pashto مستقیم | ||
Persian سر راست | ||
Polish prosto | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) em linha reta | ||
Punjabi ਸਿੱਧਾ | ||
Quechua suni siqi | ||
Romanian drept | ||
Russian прямо | ||
Samoan saʻo | ||
Sanskrit समरेखः | ||
Scots Gaelic dìreach | ||
Sepedi thwii | ||
Serbian равно | ||
Sesotho setereiti | ||
Shona yakananga | ||
Sindhi سڌو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කෙලින්ම | ||
Slovak rovno | ||
Slovenian naravnost | ||
Somali toosan | ||
Spanish derecho | ||
Sundanese lempeng | ||
Swahili sawa | ||
Swedish hetero | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tuwid | ||
Tajik рост | ||
Tamil நேராக | ||
Tatar туры | ||
Telugu నేరుగా | ||
Thai ตรง | ||
Tigrinya ቀጥታ | ||
Tsonga lulama | ||
Turkish düz | ||
Turkmen göni | ||
Twi (Akan) tee | ||
Ukrainian прямий | ||
Urdu سیدھے | ||
Uyghur تۈز | ||
Uzbek to'g'riga | ||
Vietnamese thẳng | ||
Welsh yn syth | ||
Xhosa ngqo | ||
Yiddish גלייך | ||
Yoruba taara | ||
Zulu qondile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "reguit" in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch "recht" and can also mean "correct" or "upright". |
| Albanian | The word "drejt" in Albanian originally meant "right-hand". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "ቀጥ ያለ" can also refer to something or someone that is honest, reliable, or has integrity. |
| Arabic | In addition to its primary meaning of "straight," "مباشرة" can also mean "immediately" or "directly". |
| Armenian | "Ուղիղ" also means "correct" in Armenian, which is the same as in many other languages such as English |
| Azerbaijani | "Düz" also means "plain" or "flat" in Azerbaijani, referring to a level surface or terrain. |
| Basque | "Zuzen" can mean 'straight' or 'law', and has the related forms 'zuzenean' ('straightly' or 'directly') and 'zuzenbide' ('law' or 'jurisprudence'). |
| Belarusian | Слово "прамой" в белорусском языке имеет два значения: 1. Прямой, не искривленный; 2. Честный, открытый, недвусмысленный. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "সোজা" is cognate to the Sanskrit word "सज्ज" (sajja) and means both "straight" and "honest". |
| Bosnian | In Serbian, "ravno" can also mean "flat" or "level", and in Slovene, it can mean "equal" or "even" |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "прав" also means "right" in the sense of "correct" or "just". |
| Catalan | "Recte" in Catalan also means "perfectly". |
| Cebuano | Some claim that the Cebuano word "tul-id" also means "correct" or "accurate," but that is not proven. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | It also means directly to a destination without stopping |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "直行" also means "direct to" or "without stopover". |
| Corsican | Corsican "drittu" comes from Latin "directus" (straight or directed), also sharing its root with English "direct". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "ravno" can also mean "even" as in "smooth" or "flat," not only "straight". |
| Czech | The word "rovný" in Czech is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *rovъ, which also meant "level" or "flat". |
| Danish | The word "lige" can also mean "just", "equal" or "even" |
| Dutch | The word "Rechtdoor" in Dutch comes from the Proto-Germanic word "rehta", meaning "straight" or "right". |
| Esperanto | "Rekta" also means "proper" or "right" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "sirge" in Estonian may also refer to a straight line or a straight path. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "suoraan" can also mean "directly" or "immediately". |
| French | The French phrase 'tout droit' can also refer to a direction that is 'directly ahead' or 'straight on'. |
| Frisian | The word "rjocht" can also refer to a direct path or a correct course of action in Frisian. |
| Galician | Galician "recto" not only means "straight", but also "correct" or "upright". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "სწორი" is also used to mean "correct", "accurate", or "right", with the latter meaning sharing its origin with the English word "right" from Old English "riht", meaning "straight" or "correct". |
| German | The word “Gerade” can also mean “odd” (number), “even” (number) or “exactly” in German. |
| Greek | The Greek word "ευθεία" can also refer to a line, a ruler, or a straight road. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "સીધા" can also mean "honest" or "upright". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "dwat" (from French "droit") also means "law" |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "madaidaiciya" shares roots with a word denoting a "strong and upright tree". |
| Hawaiian | "Pololoi" also means "honest" or "sincere" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The root of the Hebrew word "יָשָׁר" is "ישר" which means "to be level or even" |
| Hindi | The alternate meaning of सीधे is immediately or directly, and its etymology can be traced to Sanskrit "srdh" (to arrange), "sadhr" (just or right). |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ncaj" can also mean "correct" or "proper". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "egyenes" also means "line" or "equation". |
| Icelandic | The word "Beint" in Icelandic also means "bone" or "leg" and is likely derived from the Old Norse word "bein" meaning "bone" or "leg." |
| Igbo | Kwụ ọtọ can also refer to a person who is honest and trustworthy. |
| Indonesian | In Javanese, "lurus" can also mean "honest" or "upright". |
| Irish | The Irish word "díreach" has various meanings, including "straight", "exact", "just", and "righteous". |
| Italian | The Italian word "dritto" ("straight") also derives from the Latin adverb "dirictum", meaning "at right angles". The word has a figurative meaning of "honest". |
| Japanese | The word "まっすぐ" (straight) can also mean "correctly" or "without hesitation". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'lurus' can also mean 'fair' or 'honest'. |
| Kannada | "ನೇರ" also means 'direct', 'upright', 'fair' and 'honest' |
| Kazakh | The word “Түзу” in Kazakh can also refer to “the correct or direct path” or a “standard” or “norm.” |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ត្រង់" ("straight") also means "correct" or "proper". |
| Korean | 직진 (直進) can also mean "to go straight ahead" or "to advance directly" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "rast" can also mean "truth" or "correctness" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | "Түз" also means "flat" or "correct" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | 'ກົງ' can also mean 'flat' or 'plain'. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'recta' can mean "straight" in various ways, such as referring to a line, path, or conduct. |
| Latvian | Taisni is also historically related to the word 'taisa' ('make') and the archaic word 'taisa' ('truth, honest') |
| Lithuanian | The word "tiesiai" in Lithuanian, while primarily meaning "straight" or "direct," also has a secondary meaning of "straightforward" or "honest." |
| Luxembourgish | Etymology uncertain, perhaps a derivation of 'richtig' (correct). |
| Macedonian | The word "исправен" can also mean "correct" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | Mahitsy (Malagasy) may derive from the Arabic word mahasiy which refers to advantages, virtues or merits. |
| Malay | "Lurus" is related to "alur" (groove) in Indonesian and "lurus" also means "channel" or a hollowed-out section in a cylindrical object. |
| Malayalam | In addition to its literal meaning of 'straight,' ഋജുവായത് can also refer to something upright, just, or fair. |
| Maltese | As an adverb, "dritta" means "immediately", as in "dritta qlajt" (I said it immediately). |
| Maori | "Totika" can also mean "direct (path)" or "exactly". |
| Marathi | In linguistics, "सरळ" (straight) is derived from Sanskrit "ऋजू" and also means "simple" or "plain". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, |
| Nepali | The word "सीधा" (pronounced see-dhaa) is also used to refer to something that is honest or straightforward in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "rett" also means "justice" in Norwegian, deriving from the Old Norse word "rétt," meaning "law" or "justice." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "Molunjika" in Nyanja (Chichewa) may also refer to the act of making something straight or aligning it in a particular direction. |
| Persian | In the old literature and dialects, 'سر راست' is also used for 'fast, swiftly' and sometimes 'openly'. |
| Polish | The word "prosto" in Polish can also mean "simply" or "directly". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Em linha reta" is a Portuguese phrase that means "in a straight line" or "as the crow flies". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਿੱਧਾ" (sidhha) in Punjabi can also mean "correct" or "just", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "siddha" meaning "established" or "accomplished." |
| Romanian | Drept, meaning "straight" in Romanian, comes from the Latin "directus," meaning "unbending" or "in a straight line," and is related to the English word "direct." |
| Russian | "Прямо" originally meant "correct" in Old Church Slavonic. |
| Samoan | Saʻo can also mean "exact" or "appropriate". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "dìreach" also means "right" or "properly" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "равно" in Serbian can also mean "flat" or "level". |
| Sesotho | 'Setereiti' (straight) is derived from 'tereiti' (to lengthen or stretch). |
| Shona | The Shona word "yakananga" can also refer to a path, road or boundary. |
| Sindhi | "سڌو" (straight) is also used as a name for men and women in Sindh. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'කෙලින්ම' is also used in a transferred or figurative way to describe actions or behaviour, i.e.: 'to act in a direct and honest manner.' |
| Slovak | The Old Slavic root of the word "rovno" also relates to "flat" and other concepts denoting evenness. |
| Slovenian | The word "naravnost" also means "fairness" or "uprightness" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "toosan" in Somali also means "correct" or "accurate". |
| Spanish | The word "derecho" in Spanish not only means "straight," but also refers to a type of severe thunderstorm, an unalienable right, or a law. |
| Sundanese | Lempeng can also refer to a thin sheet or a kind of flatbread in Sundanese cuisine. |
| Swahili | The word "sawa" in Swahili also means "correct" or "okay." |
| Swedish | The term "hetero" in Swedish also refers to a type of herring with a silvery belly and a blue back. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Tuwid" also means "correct" or "upright" in the figurative sense. |
| Tajik | Рост (rost) also means height or growth in Russian. |
| Tamil | "நேராக" can also refer to "truthfulness", "without delay"} |
| Telugu | "నేరుగా" can also mean "to direct" or "to straighten" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "ตรง" in Thai can also mean "correct" or "accurate". |
| Turkish | Düz is also used in Turkish to describe something that is flat or level. |
| Ukrainian | The word "прямий" can also mean "direct" or "honest" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "سیدھے" can also mean "directly" or "fairly" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | "To'g'ri" also means "right" in a correct or true sense, and "appropriate" or "fitting" in an ethical sense. |
| Vietnamese | The word "thẳng" derives from the Proto-Austronesian word "tariq", meaning "correct, proper, straight". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "yn syth" also means "directly" or "immediately". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "Ngqo" also means "honest" or "direct". |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "גלייך" (gleykh) means "straight" and also "similar" or "equal". |
| Yoruba | Taara is the Yoruba word for straight or regular. |
| Zulu | The word "Qondile" in Zulu can also mean "a long stick" or "a straight path". |
| English | The word 'straight' can also refer to sexual orientation or a type of alcoholic beverage. |