O compasso, mundo afora....

North East South West

Afrikaans noorde ooste suide weste

Albanian pranvera vera vjeshta dimra

Arabic شمال

(šamāl) شرق

(šarq) جنوب

(janūb) غرب

(ḡarb)

Armenian հյուսիս

(hyusis) արեւելք

(arevelk’) հարավ

(harav) արեւմուտք

(arevmutk’)

Assamese উত্তৰ

(uttor) পূব

(pub) দক্ষিণ

(dokkin) পশ্চিম

(pssim)

Aymara lapaki junt'upacha caratacu juyphipacha

autipacha

Azerbaijani şimali şərq cənubi qərb

Basque iparraldean ekialdean hego mendebaldean

Bengali উত্তর

(uttôr) পূর্ব

(purbô) দক্ষিণ

(dôkkhin) পশ্চিম

(pôščim)

Belarussian поўнач

(poŭnač) ўсход

(ŭschod) поўдзень

(poŭdzień) захад

(zachad)

Bikol amihanan habagatan sirangan / subangan sulnopan

Bosnian sjever istok jug zapad

Breton hanternoz reter

sav-heol dehoù c'hornaoueg

Bulgarian север (sever) изток (iztok) юг (jug) запад (zapad)

Burmese မွောကျ

(mrauk) အရှေ့

(ahre) တောင်

(taung) အနောက်

(anauk)

Catalan nord est sud oest

Cebuano amihanan silangan habagatan kasadpan

Chichewa kumpoto kummawa kum'mwera kumadzulo

Chinese (Cantonese) 北 (bāk) 東 [东] (dùng) 南 (nàahm) 西 (sāi)

Chinese (Hakka) 北 (bet7, biet7) 東 (dung1) 南 (lam2, nam2) 西 (si1)

Chinese (Mandarin) 北 (běi)

北方(běifāng) 東 [东] (dōng)

東方(dōngfāng) 南 (nán)

南方(nánfāng) 西 (xī)

西方(xīfāng)

Chinese (Taiwanese) 北 (pak) 東 (tong, tang) 南 (lăm) 西 (se, sai)

Cornish kledhbarth

noor holdrehevel

est dyghowbarth

soth gorlewin

west

Corsican nordu este sudu punenti

Cree ᑮᐁᐧᑎᓄᕁ

(kîwêtinohk) ᓵᑳᐢᑌᓄᕁ

(sâkâstênohk) ᑮᓱᐯᐧᓄᕁ

(kîsopwenohk) ᐸᐦᑭᓯᒨᑖᕁ

(pahkisimôtâhk)

Croatian sjever istok jug zapad

Czech sever východ jih západ

Danish norden østen syden vesten

Dutch noorden oosten zuiden westen

Estonian põhi ida lõunas lääs

Faroese norður eystur suður vestur

Finnish pohjoinen itä etelä länsi

French nord est sud ouest

Galician norte leste sur oeste

Georgian ჩრდილოეთი

(chrdiloeti) აღმოსავლეთი

(aghmosavleti) სამხრეთი

(samkhreti) დასავლეთი

(dasavleti)

German Norden Osten Süden Westen

Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂𐍃

(naurþrs) 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍃

(austrs) 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐍃

(sunþrs) 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍂𐍃

(wistrs)

Greek

(Modern) βορράς

(vorrás) ανατολή

(anatolí) νότος

(nótos) δυτικός

(dytikós)

Gujarati ઉત્તર

(uttara) પૂર્વ

(pūrva) દક્ષિણ

(dakṣiṇa) પશ્ચિમ

(paścima)

Haitian Creole nò bò solèy leve sid lwès

Hausa arewa gabas kudu yamma

Hawaiian ke akau ka hikina ka hema ke komohana

Hebrew צָפוֹן

(tzafón) מזרח

(mizrakh) דָרוֹם

(daróm) מַעֲרָב

(ma'aráv)

Hindi उत्तर

(uttar) पूर्व

(poorv) दक्षिण

(dakshin) पश्चिम

(pashchim)

Hungarian észak kelet dél nyugat

Icelandic norður austur suður vestur

Indonesian utara timur selatan barat

Irish (Gaelic) tuaisceart

thuaidh

(in the north)

ó thuaidh

(to the north)

aduaidh

(from the north) oirthear

thoir

(in the east)

soir

(to the east)

anoir

(from the east) deisceart

theas

(in the south)

ó theas

(to the south)

aneas

(from the south) iarthear

thiar

(in the west)

siar

(to the west)

aniar

(from the west)

Italian nord est sud ovest

Japanese 北 (kita) 東 (higashi) 南 (minami) 西 (nishi)

Javanese lor wetan kidul kulon

Kannada ಉತ್ತರ

(uttara) ಪೂರ್ವ

(pūrva) ದಕ್ಷಿಣ

(dakṣiṇa) ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಕ್ಕೆ

(paścimakke)

Keapara agi lakati wau gavu rigo avala

Khmer ខាងជើង

(khangcheung) ខាងកើត

(khangkaet) ខាងត្បូង

(khangotbaung) ខាងលិច

(khanglich)

Korean 북쪽

(bugjjog) 동쪽

(dongjjog) 남쪽

(namjjog) 서쪽

(seojjog)

Kurdish (Kurmanji) bakûr rohilat başûr rojava

Kyrgz түндүк

(tündük) чыгыш

(çıgış) түштүк

(tüştük) батыш

(batış)

Lao ພາກເຫນືອ

(phakhenu) ພາກຕາເວັນອອກ

(phaktauaenook) ພາກໃຕ້

(phaktai) ຕາເວັນຕົກ

(tauaentok)

Latin septentriō oriēns merīdiēs

austrālis occidēns

Lithuanian šiaurė rytuose pietuose vakaruose

Luxembourgish norden osten süden westen

Macedonian север

(sever) исток

(istok) југ

(jug) запад

(zapad)

Malay utara timur selatan barat

Malayalam വടക്ക്

(vaṭakk) കിഴക്ക്

(kiḻakk) തെക്ക്

(tekk) പടിഞ്ഞാറ്

(paṭiññāṟ)

Maltese tramuntana lvant nofsinhar punent

Manx (Gaelic) twoaie hiar jiass eear

Maori raki rawhiti tonga hauauru

Marathi उत्तर

(uttara) पूर्व

(pūrva) दक्षिण

(dakṣiṇa) पश्चिम

(paścima)

Middle English north, norþ est south, souþ west

Nahuatl mictlāmpa tlāhuiztlāmpa huitztlāmpa cihuātlāmpa

Nepali उत्तर

(uttara) पूर्व

(pūrva) दक्षिण

(dakṣiṇa) पश्चिम

(paścima)

Norweigan nord øst sør, syd vest

Occitan nòrd èst

orient

pojant sud

miègjorn oèst

occident

Ojibwe giiwedin waaban zhaawan ningaabii'an

Old Church Slavonic сѣверъ

(sěverŭ) въстокъ

(vŭstokŭ) югъ

(jugŭ) западъ

(zapadŭ)

Old Dutch north *ōst *sūth *west

Old English norþ ēast sūþ west

Old French norht, north, nort est su, sud west

Old Frisian north *āst *sūth *west

Old High German nord ōst sund(an) west

Old Norse norðr austr suðr vestr

Pashto

شمال ختیځ سویل لویدیځ

Persian

(Farsi) شمال شرق جنوب غرب

Polish północ wschód południe zachód

Portuguese norte leste sul oeste

Proto-Germanic *nurþrą *austrą *sunþrą *westrą

Punjabi ਉੱਤਰ

(utara) ਪੂਰਬ

(pūraba) ਦੱਖਣ

(dakhaṇa) ਪੱਛਮ

(pachama)

Romanian nord est sud vest

Romanian Tatar sîrt kúntuwar kîbla kúnbatar

Russian север

(sever) восток

(vostok) юг

(yug) запад

(zapad)

Samoan matu sase saute sisifo

Saterland Frisian Noude, Nudden Aaste Suude Wääste

Scots north east sooth wast

Scottish Gaelic tuath ear deas iar

Serbian север

(sever) исток

(istok) југ

(jug) запад

(zapad)

Shona mawodzanyemba mabvazuva chamhembe kumadokero

Sindhi اتر اوڀر ڏکڻ اولھ

Sinhala උතුරු

(uturu) නැගෙනහිර

(nægenahira) දකුණු

(dakuṇu) බටහිර

(baṭahira)

Slovak sever východ juh západ

Slovenian sever vzhod jug zahod

Somali waqooyiga bari konnfur galbeed

Southern Sotho leboea ka bochabela ka boroa bophirimela

Spanish norte este sur oeste

Sumerian 𒅎𒋛𒁲

(sisa) 𒅎𒊕𒋾

(sati)

𒅎𒆳𒊏

(kurra) 𒅎𒍇𒇻

(ulu) 𒅎𒈥𒌅

(martu)

Sundanese kaler wetan kidul kulon

Swahili kaskazini mashariki kusini magharibi

Swedish nord, norr öst, öster syd, söder väst, väster

Tagalog hilaga silangan timog kanluran

Tajik шимол

(şimol) шарқ

(şarq) ҷануб

(çanuʙ) ғарб

(ƣarʙ)

Tamil வடக்கு

(vaṭakku) கிழக்கு

(kiḻakku) தெற்கு

(teṟku) மேற்கு

(mēṟku)

Telugu ఉత్తర

(uttara) తూర్పు

(tūrpu) దక్షిణ

(dakṣiṇa) పశ్చిమ

(paścima)

Thai เหนือ

(nĕua)

อุดร

(ù-don) ตะวันออก

(dtà-wan òk)

บูรพา

(boo-rá-paa) ใต้

(dtâi)

ทักษิณ

(ták-sĭn) ตะวันตก

(dtà-wan dtòk)

ประจิม

(bprà-jim)

Tok Pisin not hap sankamap saut wes

Turkish kuzeyinde doğu güney batı

Tuvaluan maatuu sopogaalaa

saegaalaa

haegaalaa saute

sulu

toga toogaalaa

sisifo

Ukrainian північ

(pivnich) схід

(skhid) південь

(pivdenʹ) захід

(zakhid)

Urdu شمال

(shimál) مشرق

(mashriq) جنوب

(junúb) مغرب

(mağrib)

Uyghur شىمال‎

(shimal) شەرق‎

(sherq) جەنۇب‎

(jenub) غەرب‎

(gherb)

Vietnamese bắc, bấc (北) đông (東) nam (南) tây (西)

Welsh gogledd dwyrain de gorllewin

West Frisian noard east súd west, westen

Xhosa mantla ngasekhohlo mazantsi entshona

Yiddish צפֿון

(tsofn) מזרח

(mizrekh) דרום

(dorem) מערבֿ

(meyrev)

Yoruba ariwa õrùn guusu oorun

Zulu enyakatho empumalanga eningizimu entshonalanga

Compass directions in constructed languages

North East South West

Esperanto nordo oriento sudo okcidento

Ido nordo esto sudo westo

Interglossa nord

boreo est

orienta

anatola sud

austra ocide

uest

hespero

ocidenta

Interlingua nord est sud west

Interslavic sěver / сѣвер iztok / изток

vozhod / возход jug / југ zapad / запад

Novial norde ost sud westo

occidento

Romanico nordo esto sudo weste

Solresol dolasifa fasilare fasilado relasifa

Volapük nolüd lofüd sulüd vesüd

Translations and corrections by Armas Ukko Markkula Hanke, Moh'd Shakeb Baig, Sagir Ahmed Msa, Karl Ian Basilla Basallote, Joe-Luck Saifi, Christopher Ray Miller, Ujjwal Mandal, Abu Saleh Mohammad Sultan, Paongquinho Rivera, Kiniravu Karo Kila Wanae, Tornike Nakashidze, Kiniravu Karo Kila Wanae, Láng Attila, Charles J. Lippert, Тодор Николов, Emanuel Fuchs

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