Lefty

/ˈlɛfti/ noun

Definition

A left-handed person; informal and casual way to refer to someone who uses their left hand as their dominant hand.

Etymology

From 'left' (Old English 'lyft,' meaning weak or clumsy) plus informal suffix '-y.' The term 'lefty' emerged in American English in the early 1900s.

Kelly Says

Here's something wild: the word 'left' used to mean 'weak' and 'clumsy,' which is why left-handed people were once seen as sinister (literally—'sinister' is Latin for 'left')—lefties spent centuries being prejudiced against because of language itself.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ቀኝ
qen-y
ARالعربية
يسار
yasar
BNবাংলা
বামহাত
ba-ma-haat
CACatalà
esquerà
es-ke-ra
CSČeština
levák
le-vak
DADansk
venstrehåndet
ven-stre-haand-et
DEDeutsch
Linkshänder
links-han-der
ELΕλληνικά
αριστερόχειρας
a-ris-te-ro-chei-ras
ESEspañol
zurdo
thuer-doh
FAفارسی
چپ دست
chap dasht
FISuomi
vasenkäti
va-sen-ke-ti
FRFrançais
gaucher
go-shay
GUGU
ડાબી
da-bi
HAHA
hagu
ha-gu
HEעברית
שמאלי
sha-ma-li
HIहिन्दी
बाएँ हाथ
ba-aen haath
HUMagyar
balkezes
bal-ke-zes
IDBahasa Indonesia
kidul
ki-dul
IGIG
aka
a-ka
ITItaliano
sinistro
sin-is-tro
JA日本語
左利き
hidarite
KKKK
соңы
so-ny
KMKM
ឆ្វេង
ch'ven
KO한국어
왼손잡이
wen-son-ja-bi
MRMR
डाव्या हाताने
da-vya ha-ta-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
kiri
ki-ri
MYမြန်မာ
လက်ယာ
let-ya
NLNederlands
linkshandig
links-han-dig
NONorsk
venstrehend
ven-stre-hend
PAPA
ਬਾਇਨ
ba-in
PLPolski
leworęczny
le-wo-re-ch-ny
PTPortuguês
canhoto
kan-oh-toh
RORomână
stângaci
stâng-a-chi
RUРусский
левша
lev-sha
SVSvenska
vänsterhänt
ven-ster-hant
SWKiswahili
kushoto
ku-sho-toh
TAதமிழ்
இடக்கை
i-da-kai
TEతెలుగు
ఎడమ చేతి
e-dama che-ti
THไทย
ซ้ายมือ
sai meu
TLTL
kamay ng kaliwa
ka-may ng ka-li-wa
TRTürkçe
sol el
sol el
UKУкраїнська
ліворукий
li-vo-ru-kiy
URاردو
باایں ہاتھ
ba-aen haath
VITiếng Việt
tay trái
tay trai
YOYO
ọ̀wọ́
oh-wo
ZH中文
左撇子
zuǒ piězi
ZUZU
sengqondo
sen-qon-doh

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