left in Malay
kiri
UK/ˈlɛft/US/ˈɫɛft/
left in Malay: kiri. In English, left means designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←.
Malay words for left
- west side of the body when one is facing north
- kiri
English meaning of left
- adjective Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←.
- adjective Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- adjective Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
- adjective Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
left in a sentence
- The road up ahead contains a left bend.
- Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.
- The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.
Synonyms of left
left in other languages
- left in Hindi
- left in Tamil
- left in Marathi
- left in Urdu
- left in Bengali
- left in Telugu
- left in Malayalam
- left in Kannada
- left in Punjabi
- left in Gujarati
- left in Odia
- left in Sanskrit
- left in Assamese
- left in Nepali
- left in Pashto
- left in Tagalog
- left in Arabic
- left in Indonesian
- left in Persian
- left in Thai
- left in Vietnamese
- left in Myanmar
Questions about left in Malay
- What is the meaning of left in Malay?
- Left in Malay is kiri.
- Apakah maksud left dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Left: kiri.
- What does left mean in English?
- Left means designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: left (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 Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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