Western in Different Languages
Discover 'Western' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Western
Afrikaans westelike | ||
Albanian perëndimore | ||
Amharic ምዕራባዊ | ||
Arabic الغربي | ||
Armenian արեւմտյան | ||
Assamese পশ্চিমীয়া | ||
Aymara inti jalant tuqinkir jaqinaka | ||
Azerbaijani qərb | ||
Bambara tilebin fɛ | ||
Basque mendebaldekoa | ||
Belarusian заходняй | ||
Bengali পশ্চিমা | ||
Bhojpuri पश्चिमी के बा | ||
Bosnian zapadni | ||
Bulgarian западен | ||
Catalan occidental | ||
Cebuano kasadpan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 西 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 西 | ||
Corsican uccidintali | ||
Croatian zapadni | ||
Czech západní | ||
Danish vestlig | ||
Dhivehi ހުޅަނގުންނެވެ | ||
Dogri पश्चिमी | ||
Dutch westers | ||
English western | ||
Esperanto okcidenta | ||
Estonian läänepoolne | ||
Ewe ɣetoɖoƒe gome | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kanluran | ||
Finnish läntinen | ||
French occidental | ||
Frisian western | ||
Galician occidental | ||
Georgian დასავლეთ | ||
German western | ||
Greek δυτικός | ||
Guarani kuarahyreike gotyo | ||
Gujarati પશ્ચિમ | ||
Haitian Creole lwès | ||
Hausa yamma | ||
Hawaiian komohana | ||
Hebrew מערבי | ||
Hindi वेस्टर्न | ||
Hmong sab hnub poob | ||
Hungarian nyugati | ||
Icelandic vestrænn | ||
Igbo odida anyanwu | ||
Ilocano laud | ||
Indonesian barat | ||
Irish thiar | ||
Italian occidentale | ||
Japanese 西部 | ||
Javanese mangulon | ||
Kannada ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ | ||
Kazakh батыс | ||
Khmer ខាងលិច | ||
Kinyarwanda iburengerazuba | ||
Konkani अस्तंतेकडलें | ||
Korean 서부 사람 | ||
Krio na di wɛst pat | ||
Kurdish rajava | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕۆژئاوایی | ||
Kyrgyz батыш | ||
Lao ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ | ||
Latin occidentis | ||
Latvian rietumu | ||
Lingala na wɛsti | ||
Lithuanian vakarietiškas | ||
Luganda eby’amaserengeta | ||
Luxembourgish westlech | ||
Macedonian западен | ||
Maithili पश्चिमी | ||
Malagasy andrefana | ||
Malay barat | ||
Malayalam പടിഞ്ഞാറ് | ||
Maltese tal-punent | ||
Maori hauauru | ||
Marathi पाश्चात्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯦꯁ꯭ꯇꯔꯟ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo chhim lam a ni | ||
Mongolian баруун | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အနောက်ဘက် | ||
Nepali पश्चिमी | ||
Norwegian vestlig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kumadzulo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପଶ୍ଚିମ | ||
Oromo dhihaatti | ||
Pashto لویدیځ | ||
Persian غربی | ||
Polish zachodni | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ocidental | ||
Punjabi ਪੱਛਮੀ | ||
Quechua occidental nisqamanta | ||
Romanian occidental | ||
Russian западный | ||
Samoan sisifo | ||
Sanskrit पश्चिमाम् | ||
Scots Gaelic iar | ||
Sepedi bodikela | ||
Serbian западни | ||
Sesotho bophirimela | ||
Shona kumadokero | ||
Sindhi الهندي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බටහිර | ||
Slovak západný | ||
Slovenian zahodni | ||
Somali galbeed | ||
Spanish occidental | ||
Sundanese kulon | ||
Swahili magharibi | ||
Swedish västra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kanluranin | ||
Tajik ғарбӣ | ||
Tamil மேற்கு | ||
Tatar көнбатыш | ||
Telugu పశ్చిమ | ||
Thai ตะวันตก | ||
Tigrinya ምዕራባዊ እዩ። | ||
Tsonga ya le vupela-dyambu | ||
Turkish batı | ||
Turkmen günbatar | ||
Twi (Akan) atɔe fam | ||
Ukrainian західний | ||
Urdu مغربی | ||
Uyghur west | ||
Uzbek g'arbiy | ||
Vietnamese miền tây | ||
Welsh gorllewinol | ||
Xhosa entshona | ||
Yiddish מערב | ||
Yoruba oorun | ||
Zulu entshonalanga |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "westelike" can also refer to the sunset or the direction from which the sun sets. |
| Albanian | The word "perëndimore" is derived from the Albanian word "perëndim" meaning "west", and also has the alternate meaning of "foreign" or "non-Albanian". |
| Arabic | The word الغربي can also refer to someone who lives in the Maghreb region of North Africa. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "qərb" not only means "western" but also refers to the "direction of the setting sun" and the "west-facing side of something". |
| Basque | The element "mende" in mendebaldekoa, meaning "west", comes from the same Indo-European root as English "down" and Latin "meridies" or "noon". |
| Belarusian | The word "заходняй" ("western") originally referred to Western Europe in the 14th century, which was the most advanced region of Europe at the time. |
| Bengali | The word |
| Bosnian | The term 'zapadni' in Bosnian may refer to geographic directions, political affiliations, or cultural attributes. |
| Bulgarian | Западен is derived from the root "zapad" which means "west", but can also refer to geographic areas in Bulgaria or Slovakia. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 西 in Simplified Chinese can also mean 'evening' when used as a stand-alone word, 'finish' after a verb, or 'previous' before nouns. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In ancient Chinese, “西”(western) was also used to refer to the left side of the body. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "uccidintali" also means "people from the north of Corsica". |
| Croatian | The word "zapadni" (western) in Croatian also means "unpleasant" or "awkward". |
| Czech | The Czech word "západní" not only means "western" but can also refer to the setting sun or a decline. |
| Danish | "Vestlig" is derived from the Old Norse word "vestr", meaning "west", and also has the alternate meaning of "left", as in the left side of something. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "westers" can also mean "westernized" or "Europeanized" in a historical context. |
| Esperanto | The word 'Okcidenta' also means 'of the Western Church' due to its roots in Latin 'occidentalis' ('western' and 'setting sun'). |
| Estonian | "Läänepoolne" ("western") derives from "lääs" ("west") which in turn stems from "lääne" ("west") that is cognate with the Sanskrit "rašanā" ("rein") and Greek "lasso" ("noose, rope"). |
| Finnish | It is etymologically related to the word 'Länsi', which means 'west' in Finnish, and to the word 'Läntinen', which means 'western' in Finnish. |
| French | Occidental is derived from the Latin "occidentalis" meaning "setting" or "going down", referring to the setting of the sun in the west. |
| Frisian | It comes from the Old Frisian word "westers" and means "west". The Old Frisian word "wester" is derived from the Old Saxon word "westar" meaning "west". |
| Georgian | The word for "western" in Georgian, "დასავლეთ," also means "to the left" when used figuratively. |
| German | The word "Western" in German can also refer to a type of movie or TV show set in the American Old West. |
| Greek | The word "δυτικός" (western) in Greek can also refer to the direction of sunset or the land of the setting sun (the west). |
| Gujarati | The word પશ્ચિમ (paścim) ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word pashcha ('afterwards', 'westwards') and is used to mean 'the western part', 'the other side' or 'sunset'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'lwès' can also refer to 'the West', 'Sunset' and 'a person from the west'. |
| Hausa | In Gwandara, "yamma" is the name for a traditional garment worn by women |
| Hawaiian | The word komohana, meaning "western" in Hawaiian, is derived from the root word "komo", meaning "to descend" or "to set" (as in the sun). |
| Hebrew | The term "מערבי" can also refer to a type of musical genre, specifically Western and Eastern popular music from the 1960s and 70s. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "वेस्टर्न" can also refer to a type of movie genre that depicts the American Old West. |
| Hmong | The term "sab hnub poob" can also refer to the direction towards which the sun sets. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "nyugati" can also refer to a person or thing from the west |
| Icelandic | The word "vestrænn" is also used as a name for two different types of Icelandic sheep. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'odida anyanwu' literally means 'where the sun sets'. |
| Indonesian | Barat's other meaning is 'for sale' in Indonesian, stemming from Arabic 'be't' (house) and 'ra' (sell). |
| Irish | The Irish word "thiar" may derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *terkʷ-, meaning "to turn" or "to twist". |
| Italian | In Italian, "occidentale" can also refer to the sunset or to something that comes from the west, such as the wind or rain. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "西部" (seibu) is also used to refer to the "Western world" or "Europe". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "mangulon" has additional meanings, including "going to an appointment" or "visiting someone". |
| Kazakh | "батыс" (western) in Kazakh can also mean "sunset" or "dusk". |
| Khmer | This word can also be used to describe sunset, afternoon, or the direction from which the sun rises. |
| Korean | The Korean word "서부 사람" (western) can also refer to cowboys in a more colloquial sense, in addition to its more common definition of "western region". |
| Kurdish | Raja comes from the Persian word Raha meaning "sunset" hence the geographic term "west". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "батыш" can also refer to "sunset" or "the place where the sun sets" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "Occidentis" is derived from the Latin word "occidere," meaning "to fall": when the sun sets, it appears to fall below the horizon. |
| Latvian | "Rietumu" literally means "sunset" or "going down" in Latvian, reflecting the direction of the setting sun. |
| Lithuanian | The word "vakarietiškas" in Lithuanian is derived from the word "vakarai", meaning "west", and ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European word "*wes-", meaning "to shine". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "westlech" is cognate to the English word "westerly", which is an older word derived from "west". |
| Macedonian | The word "западен" is also used in Macedonian to refer to the direction towards the west or to something that is located in the west. |
| Malagasy | The word ANDREFANA has no alternate meanings. It comes from the Malagasy words "andrefany" (sunset) and "ana" (side). |
| Malay | The word "barat" can also refer to the direction of Mecca, a sacred place in Islam and a point of reference for Muslims worldwide. |
| Malayalam | }പടിഞ്ഞാറ്' is derived from the word 'പടി', meaning step, and refers to the direction where the sun steps down, or sets. |
| Maltese | The word "tal-punent" (literally meaning "of the sunset") is often used in Maltese to mean "the West", particularly in the context of international relations. |
| Maori | In Maori, 'hauauru' can also refer to the wind coming from the west or the west itself. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, 'पाश्चात्य' can also refer to Western countries, their culture, or the Occidental world. |
| Mongolian | The word "баруун" (western) also means "right" or "correct" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "पश्चिमी" (western) in Nepali can also refer to the direction of sunset or the western part of a country. |
| Norwegian | The word "vestlig" is derived from the Old Norse word "vestr", meaning "westwards". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kumadzulo" in Nyanja (Chichewa) literally means "where the sun sets" or "the west". |
| Pashto | The word "لویدیځ" has no other meanings in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "غربی" can also refer to a type of musical note or a direction relative to Mecca. |
| Polish | Historically, "zachodni" meant "beyond the Odra River" as opposed to "wschodni" ("eastern") which meant "beyond the Vistula River" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "ocidental" in Portuguese can also mean "western", as in the direction, or "occult", as in the supernatural. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਪੱਛਮੀ' ('western') in Punjabi can also refer to the direction 'west' or the Western Hemisphere. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "occidental" can also mean "sunset" or "evening". |
| Russian | The word "западный" derives from the Proto-Slavic root *zapadъ, meaning "west" or "setting sun". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "sisifo" also means "sunset" or "evening." |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "iar" in Scots Gaelic also means "later" or "afterwards". |
| Serbian | The word "западни" in Serbian can also mean "deception" or "trap", likely deriving from the fact that the west was seen as a land of danger and uncertainty. |
| Sesotho | Bophirimela is also a name of a village in the Free State province of South Africa. |
| Shona | The word "kumadokero" is also used figuratively to describe someone who is cunning or manipulative. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "බටහිර" (baṭahira) derives from the Sanskrit "पश्चिम" (paścima) and also means "late afternoon" or "sunset" |
| Slovak | The word "západný" can also mean "sunset" or "the west" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word 'zahodni' can also mean 'evening' or 'sunset' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "galbeed" is also used to refer to the Arabic language, as well as the direction of prayer for Muslims. |
| Spanish | "Occidente" (west) derives from the Latin word for "setting sun". |
| Sundanese | Kulon in Sundanese could also mean right-hand side or southwest in some contexts. |
| Swahili | The word "magharibi" is also used in Swahili to refer to a type of coffee or tea made with spices and roasted peanuts. |
| Swedish | The word Västra comes from the Old Norse term "vestr". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "kanluranin" can also refer to a person from the west or a Westernized person. |
| Tajik | The word "ғарбӣ" in Tajik is derived from the Arabic "غرب", which also refers to the sunset or the direction of prayer towards Mecca. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "పశ్చిమ" or "paschima" is also related to the Tamil word "pascim", which means north. |
| Thai | "ตะวันตก" (Western) refers to countries that developed from European civilizations and their colonies. |
| Turkish | "Batı" originated from the old Uyghur word "bat" meaning "sunset, west" and entered Turkish through Old Turkic. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word “західний” (western) derives from the Slavic word “захід” (sunset), and originally meant “located towards the sunset”. |
| Urdu | مغربی in modern usage is often associated with the 'western world', but it's also used to describe the western portion or direction of something |
| Vietnamese | The word "miền Tây" can also refer to the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. |
| Welsh | This word is derived from the root "gor" (meaning "to go" or "to set out") and the suffix "-llewinol" (meaning "the direction of the setting sun"). |
| Xhosa | The word "entshona" in Xhosa is also used to refer to the sunset or the evening. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish "מערב" (me'rav) is borrowed from Hebrew and also means "evening". |
| Yoruba | The word "oorun" in Yoruba also has the alternate meaning of "the right hand side". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "entshonalanga" derives from the phrase "intonga shona ilanga," meaning "the side where the sun sets." |
| English | The term "western" can also refer to a genre of film or literature set in the American frontier or the American West. |