Left-handed
//lɛftˈhændɪd//
Translations of "left-handed" (55 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | أَشْوَل(preferring the left hand over the right), أَعْسَر(preferring the left hand over the right), أَيْسَر(preferring the left hand over the right) | ʔašwal, ʔaʕsar, ʔaysar | |
| Armenian | ձախլիկ(preferring the left hand over the right) | jaxlik | |
| Azerbaijani | solaxay(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Bashkir | һулаҡай(preferring the left hand over the right) | hulaqay | |
| Basque | ezkerti(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Bulgarian | левичар(preferring the left hand over the right) | levičar | |
| Catalan | esquerrà(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Cherokee | ᎠᎦᏍᎦᏂᏓ(preferring the left hand over the right) | agasganida | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 左利手(preferring the left hand over the right), 左撇子(preferring the left hand over the right) | zuǒlìshǒu, zuǒpiězi | |
| Czech | levoruký(preferring the left hand over the right), levácký(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Danish | kejthåndet(preferring the left hand over the right), venstrehåndet(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Dutch | linkshandig(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Faroese | lámur(preferring the left hand over the right), vinstrhentur(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Finnish | vasenkätinen(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| French | gaucher(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Galician | cochaino(preferring the left hand over the right), esquerdeiro(preferring the left hand over the right), esquerdo(preferring the left hand over the right), manicho(preferring the left hand over the right), xergo(preferring the left hand over the right), zurdo(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| German | linkshändig(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Greek | αριστερόχειρας(preferring the left hand over the right) | aristerócheiras | |
| Haitian Creole | goche(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Hebrew | אִטֵּר(preferring the left hand over the right), שמאלי(preferring the left hand over the right) | itér, smalí | |
| Hindi | बाएँ हत्था(preferring the left hand over the right) | bāẽ hatthā | |
| Hungarian | balkezes(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Icelandic | örvhentur(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Indonesian | kidal(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Irish | ciotach(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Italian | mancino(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Japanese | 左利き(preferring the left hand over the right) | hidarikiki | |
| Kapampangan | kinayli(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Korean | 왼손잡이(preferring the left hand over the right) | oensonjabi | |
| Ladin | ciancané(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Lithuanian | kairiarankis(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Macedonian | леворак(preferring the left hand over the right) | levorak | |
| Malay | kidal(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Māori | hemarehe(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Mongolian | солгой(preferring the left hand over the right) | solgoj | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | keivhendt(preferring the left hand over the right), venstrehendt(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | keivhendt(preferring the left hand over the right), venstrehendt(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | صولاق(preferring the left hand over the right) | solak | |
| Polish | leworęczny(preferring the left hand over the right), leworęki(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Portuguese | canhoto(preferring the left hand over the right), sestro(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Romanian | stângaci(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Russian | левору́кий(preferring the left hand over the right) | levorúkij | |
| Scots | caur(preferring the left hand over the right), caur-haundit(preferring the left hand over the right), caurie(preferring the left hand over the right), caurie-fistit(preferring the left hand over the right), caurie-haundit(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | cearragach(preferring the left hand over the right), ceàrr-làmhach(preferring the left hand over the right), clì-làmhach(preferring the left hand over the right), leis a' chearrag(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Slovak | ľavoruký(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Spanish | sinistrómano(preferring the left hand over the right), zocato(preferring the left hand over the right), zoco(preferring the left hand over the right), zurdo(preferring the left hand over the right), ñurdo(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Swedish | vänsterhänt(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Tagalog | kaliwete(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Tarifit | aẓermaḍ(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Turkish | solak(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Ukrainian | лівору́кий(preferring the left hand over the right) | livorúkyj | |
| Unami | mënànchi(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Welsh | llawchwith(preferring the left hand over the right) | — | |
| Yiddish | געלינקט(preferring the left hand over the right) | gelinkt | |
| Yoruba | ọlọ́wọ́ òsì(preferring the left hand over the right) | — |
solaxay
ezkerti
esquerrà
levoruký, levácký
kejthåndet, venstrehåndet
linkshandig
lámur, vinstrhentur
vasenkätinen
gaucher
cochaino, esquerdeiro, esquerdo, manicho, xergo, zurdo
linkshändig
goche
balkezes
örvhentur
kidal
ciotach
mancino
kinayli
ciancané
kairiarankis
kidal
hemarehe
keivhendt, venstrehendt
keivhendt, venstrehendt
leworęczny, leworęki
canhoto, sestro
stângaci
caur, caur-haundit, caurie, caurie-fistit, caurie-haundit
cearragach, ceàrr-làmhach, clì-làmhach, leis a' chearrag
ľavoruký
sinistrómano, zocato, zoco, zurdo, ñurdo
vänsterhänt
kaliwete
aẓermaḍ
solak
mënànchi
llawchwith
ọlọ́wọ́ òsì
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.