English [edit]
Wikipedia
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old English west, from Proto-Germanic *westą. Compare West Frisian and Dutch west, German West, Danish vest.
west (uncountable)
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox.
Derived terms [edit]
Coordinate terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
compass point
- Afrikaans: wes (af)
- Albanian: perëndim (sq)
- Arabic: غرب (ar) (ġarb) m
- Egyptian Arabic: غرب (ġarb) m
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܡܥܪܒܐ (ma‘rbā, ma‘rbo) f
- Armenian: արևմուտք (hy) (arevmutk’)
- Azeri: qərb (az)
- Bashkir: көнбайыш (könbayïš)
- Basque: sartalde (eu), mendebal (eu)
- Belarusian: захад (be) (záxad) m
- Bengali: পশ্চিম (bn) (pôshcim)
- Breton: kornôg (br) m
- Burmese: အနောက် (my) (ănauk)
- Catalan: oest (ca) m, ponent (ca) m
- Central Melanau: laan, barat
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 西 (cmn) (xī), 西方 (cmn) (xīfāng)
- Czech: západ (cs) m
- Danish: vest (da)
- Dutch: westen (nl) n
- Esperanto: okcidento (eo), uesto (eo)
- Estonian: lääs (et)
- Finnish: länsi (fi)
- French: ouest (fr) m, occident (fr) m
- Gagauz: batı
- Galician: oeste (gl) m, occidente (gl) m, poñente (gl) m
- Georgian: დასავლეთი (ka) (dasavlet'i)
- German: West (de) m, Westen (de) m
- Greek: δύση (el) (dýsi) f (dýsi)
- Gujarati: પશ્ચિમ (gu) (paścim)
- Hawaiian: komohana
- Hebrew: מערבא (ma‘rbā, ma‘rbo) f
- Hebrew: מַעֲרָב (he) (ma'aráv) m
- Hindi: पश्चिम (hi) (paścim) m
- Hungarian: nyugat (hu)
- Icelandic: vestur (is) n
- Ido: ocidento (io), westo (io)
- Indonesian: barat (id)
- Interlingua: west (ia)
- Irish: siar (ga) m, iarthar (ga) m
- Italian: ovest (it), occidente (it), ponente (it)
- Japanese: 西 (ja) (にし, nishi), 西方 (ja) (せいほう, seihō)
- Javanese: kulon (jv), kilen (jv)
- Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ (kn) (paścima)
- Karachay-Balkar: кюнбатыш (künbatış)
- Kazakh: күнбатыс (kk) (künbatıs), батыс (kk) (batıs)
- Khakas: кидер (kider)
- Khmer: ទិសខាងលិច (km) (tɨh khaang lɨch)
- Korean: 서 (ko) (seo) (西 (ko)), (nautical) 하늬 (ko) (hanui)
- Koryak: тэйкыялӄэвыны (teykəyalqevənə)
- Kumyk: гюнбатыш (günbatış)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: rojava (kmr) f, xerb (kmr) f
- Sorani: ڕۆژئاوا, خۆرئاوا
- Kyrgyz: батыш (ky) (batış), күн батыш (ky) (kün batış)
- Lao: ຕາວັນຕົກ (lo) (taː wán tók), ຕາເວັນຕົກ (lo) (tàːwéntók), ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກ (lo) (tʰīttàːwéntók), ປະຈິມ (lo) (pácìm)
- Latgalian: vokori
|
|
- Latin: occidens (la)
- Latvian: rietumi (lv), vakari (lv) pl
- Lithuanian: vakarai (lt)
- Macedonian: запад (mk) (západ) m
- Malay:
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib (ms)
- Jawi: بارت (ms), کولون (ms), مغرب (ms)
- Malayalam: പടിഞ്ഞാറ് (ml) (paṭiññāru)
- Maltese: punent (mt)
- Manchu: wargi
- Maori: hauauru (mi)
- Mongolian: баруун (mn) (baruun)
- Navajo: eʼeʼaah
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vest (nb)
- Nynorsk: vest (nn)
- Old Church Slavonic: западъ (zapadŭ) m
- Oriya: ପଶ୍ଚିମ (or) (paścim)
- Persian: باختر (fa) (bâxtar), غرب (fa) (ğarb), مغرب (fa) (mağreb)
- Polish: zachód (pl) m
- Portuguese: oeste (pt) m, ocidente (pt) m, poente (pt) m
- Romanian: vest (ro) n
- Romansch: vest (rm)
- Russian: запад (ru) (západ) m, вест (ru) (vest) m (wind, nautical)
- Sanskrit: पश्चिमा (sa) (paścimā) f
- Scots: wast
- Scottish Gaelic: iar (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: запад (sh) m
- Roman: zapad (sh) m
- Shor: кÿн-қонужу (kün-qonuju)
- Sinhalese: බටහිර (si) (baṭahira)
- Slovak: západ (sk) m
- Slovene: zahod (sl) m
- Southern Altai: кӱнбадыш (künbadış)
- Spanish: oeste (es) m
- Swahili: magiribi (sw)
- Swedish: väst (sv), väster (sv)
- Tajik: ғарб (tg) (ğarb)
- Tamil: மேற்கு (ta) (mēṟku)
- Tatar: көнбатыш (tt) (könbatış)
- Telugu: పడమర (te) (paḍamara), పశ్చిమం (te) (paścimaṁ)
- Thai: ทิศตะวันตก (th) (tít dtà wan dtòk), ตะวันตก (th) (dtà wan dtòk)
- Turkish: batı (tr), garp (tr) (obsolete)
- Turkmen: günbatar (tk)
- Tuvan: барыын чүк (barıın çük)
- Ukrainian: захід (uk) (záxid) m
- Urdu: مغرب (ur) (maġrib)
- Uzbek: gʻarb (uz), kunbotish (uz)
- Vietnamese: phía tây (vi), hướng tây (vi)
- Volapük: vesüd (vo)
- Welsh: gorllewin (cy) m
- West Coast Bajau: barat
- West Frisian: westen (fy) n, west (fy)
- Yakut: арҕаа (arğaa)
- Yiddish: מערב (yi) (ma'aráv) m
- Yolngu: bärra
- Yonaguni: イリ (yiri)
|
Adjective [edit]
west
- Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
- (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
- Of or pertaining to the west; western.
- From the West; occidental.
Translations [edit]
towards the west
- Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arevmtyan)
- Central Melanau: laan, barat
- Dutch: west (nl), westelijk (nl), westelijke (nl)
- Esperanto: okcidenta (eo)
- Finnish: länteen päin (fi)
- French: vers l'ouest
- German: westlich (de), westwärts (de)
- Greek: δυτικός (el) (dytikós)
- Japanese: 西 (ja) (にし, nishi)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: (ber bi) rojava(yê), (ber bi) xerb(ê) f
- Sorani: (berew) rojawa, (berew) xorawa
- Macedonian: западно (mk) (západno)
- Malay:
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib (ms)
- Jawi: بارت (ms), کولون (ms), مغرب (ms)
|
|
|
occidental
- Armenian: արևմտյան (hy) (arevmtyan)
- Central Melanau: laan, barat
- Czech: západní (cs)
- Finnish: länsimaalainen (fi)
- French: occidental (fr)
- German: westlich (de), abendländisch (de)
- Greek: δυτικός (el) (dytikós) m (dytikós)
- Japanese: 西洋 (ja) (せいよう, seiyō), 欧米 (ja) (おうべい, ōbei)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: rojavayî (kmr), xerbî (kmr)
- Sorani: rojawayî, xorawayî
- Macedonian: западен (mk) (západen), оксидентален (mk) (oksidentálen)
- Malay:
- Rumi: barat (ms), kulon (ms), maghrib (ms)
- Jawi: بارت (ms), کولون (ms), مغرب (ms)
|
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
Adverb [edit]
west (comparative more west, superlative most west)
- Towards the west; westwards.
Translations [edit]
west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)
- To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.prologue:
- Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West, / And wested twice, where he ought rise aright.
Anagrams [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Dutch west, from Proto-Germanic *westą. Compare German West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adverb [edit]
west
- (only in compounds) west
- westwards
Synonyms [edit]
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Italian [edit]
west m (invariable)
- West (historic area of America)
Kurdish [edit]
west f
- act of tiring or getting tired
Derived terms [edit]
Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *westą, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.
Adverb [edit]
west
- west
Descendants [edit]
- English: west
- Old French: west (borrowed)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowing from Old English west.
Adverb [edit]
west
- west
Descendants [edit]
