@Acamon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 9 months agoDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?message-square52fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?@Acamon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@mcmoorlinkEnglish1•9 months agoOnly Levantine? Al Qur’an seems to prefer شمال for left so I thought that’s what will be in MSA. I have never heard يسار for left before.
minus-squareDeebsterlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoI don’t know, to be honest - I’m no expert, I just learnt some Arabic whilst living in Jordan.
Only Levantine? Al Qur’an seems to prefer شمال for left so I thought that’s what will be in MSA. I have never heard يسار for left before.
I don’t know, to be honest - I’m no expert, I just learnt some Arabic whilst living in Jordan.