right in Arabic
يَمِين yamīn
/ɹaɪt/
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British/ɹɑjt/
right in Arabic: يَمِين (yamīn), يمين (yimīn), صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ), صَوَاب (ṣawāb). In English, right means designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →.
Arabic words for right
- of direction, opposite of left
- يَمِين yamīn, يمين yimīn
- complying with justice, correct — see also be right
- صَحِيح ṣaḥīḥ, صَوَاب ṣawāb
- (archaic) straight, not bent — see also straight
- مُسْتَقِيم mustaqīm
- (geometry) of an angle, measuring 90 degrees
- قَائِم qāʔim
- on the right side
- عَلَى اَلْيَمِين ʕalā l-yamīn
- towards the right side
- إِلَى اَلْيَمِين ʔilā l-yamīn
- yes, that is correct; I agree
- صحيح, تمام
- legal or moral entitlement — see also entitlement, privilege, prerogative
- حَقّ ḥaqq, حُقُوق ḥuqūq, حقّ ḥaʔʔ
English meaning of right
- adjective Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →.
- adjective Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- adjective Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- adjective Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
right in a sentence
- Near-synonym: starboard
- After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
- The road up ahead contains a right bend.
Synonyms of right
right in other languages
- right in Hindi
- right in Tamil
- right in Marathi
- right in Urdu
- right in Bengali
- right in Telugu
- right in Malayalam
- right in Kannada
- right in Punjabi
- right in Gujarati
- right in Odia
- right in Sanskrit
- right in Assamese
- right in Nepali
- right in Pashto
- right in Tagalog
- right in Malay
- right in Indonesian
- right in Persian
- right in Thai
- right in Vietnamese
- right in Myanmar
Questions about right in Arabic
- What is the meaning of right in Arabic?
- Right in Arabic is يَمِين (yamīn), يمين (yimīn), صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ), صَوَاب (ṣawāb).
- ما معنى كلمة right؟
- Right: يَمِين (yamīn), يمين (yimīn), صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ), صَوَاب (ṣawāb).
- What does right mean in English?
- Right means designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: right (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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