How to say "left (side)" in Arabic
New wordMeaningleft (side)
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
يَسَار
yasārיסאר
يسار
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שמאל
smolسْمُول
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ي-س-رLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
شِمَال
shimālשמאלCairo's left is shimāl — the MSA word for north.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
لِيسر
līserליסרDarija: ʿla l-īser, on the left.
In a phrase
عَلَى الْيَسَار
ʿalā al-yasārעלא אל-יסארon the left