| Language | word for "left" | word for "left handed" | |||
| Arabic | shemaal | ||||
| Arabic | yasaar | aysar | |||
| Armenian | tzakh | ||||
| Australia | mollie dooker | ||||
| Bantu | shoto | mashoto | |||
| Catalan | esquerra | ||||
| Chinese | zuoren | ||||
| Czech | levý | levoruký | |||
| Danish | venstre-håndet | ||||
| Danish | kejthåndet | ||||
| Danish | avethåndet | ||||
| Dutch | linkshandig | ||||
| Finnish | vasen | vasenkätinen | |||
| Finnish | vasuri | ||||
| French | gauche | ||||
| German | links | linkshandig | |||
| Greek | skaios | ||||
| Gujarati | baayo | baayee baaju | |||
| Hausa | agu | hunu agu | |||
| Hindi | ulta haanth | ||||
| Hindi | daya | ||||
| Hindi | baayaaN | baayee taraf | |||
| Hungarian | bal | balkez | |||
| Indonesian | tidak ditemukan di kamus | ||||
| Irish | ciotóg | ||||
| Italian | sinistra | mancini | |||
| Japanese | hidari | sajin | |||
| Latin | sinister | ||||
| Latvian | kreiss | ||||
| Lithuanian | kairys | kairiarankis | |||
| Norwegian | kjevhendt | ||||
| Norwegian | venstre | venstre hånd | |||
| Persian | chup | ||||
| Polish | lewo | lewica | |||
| Portuguese | esquerdo | canhoto | |||
| Punjabi | khaba | khaba | |||
| Romanian | stânga | stângaci | |||
| Russian | levyi | ||||
| Serbian | levo | levoruk (f. levoruka) | |||
| Sinhalese | vam | ||||
| Slovak | lavák | ||||
| Spanish | isquierda | chueco | |||
| Spanish | zurdo | ||||
| Spanish | siniestro | ||||
| Swedish | vänster | vänsterhänt | |||
| Tigrinya | tsagum | acheli | |||
| Turkish | sol | solak |
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