The concept of “east” is crucial in navigation, geography, and cultural symbolism across the world, yet each language captures it in its own unique way. In this article, we’ll discover how to say “east” in 70 different languages, reflecting the diverse linguistic landscape of our planet.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Lindje | Pronunciation: Lin-dje
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – الشرق (Al-sharq) | Pronunciation: Al-shark
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Արևելք (Arevolk) | Pronunciation: A-rev-olk
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Şərq | Pronunciation: Sherk
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Ekialde | Pronunciation: E-key-al-de
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Усход (Uskhod) | Pronunciation: Oos-khod
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – পূর্ব (Purbo) | Pronunciation: Poor-bo
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Istok | Pronunciation: Ees-tok
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Изток (Iztok) | Pronunciation: Iz-tok
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Est | Pronunciation: Est
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Východ | Pronunciation: Vee-khod
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Øst | Pronunciation: Ust
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Oost | Pronunciation: Ohst
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – East | Pronunciation: Eest
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Idapool | Pronunciation: Ee-dah-pool
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – شرق (Shargh) | Pronunciation: Sharq
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Itä | Pronunciation: Ee-ta
- French (🇫🇷) – Est | Pronunciation: Est
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – აღმოსავლეთი (Aghmosavleti) | Pronunciation: Agh-mo-sav-le-ti
- German (🇩🇪) – Osten | Pronunciation: Os-ten
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ανατολή (Anatolí) | Pronunciation: A-na-to-lee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מזרח (Mizrach) | Pronunciation: Miz-rach
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – पूर्व (Poorv) | Pronunciation: Poor-v
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Kelet | Pronunciation: Ke-let
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Austur | Pronunciation: Oy-stur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Timur | Pronunciation: Tee-mur
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Oirthear | Pronunciation: Or-har
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Est | Pronunciation: Est
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 東 (Higashi) | Pronunciation: Hee-gah-shee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Шығыс (Shyghys) | Pronunciation: Shy-ghees
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – កើត (Kʾet) | Pronunciation: Ket
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 동쪽 (Dongjjok) | Pronunciation: Dong-jjok
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Rojhilat | Pronunciation: Roh-jhee-lat
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Чыгыш (Chygysh) | Pronunciation: Chy-gysh
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຕາເວັນອອກ (Ta-wen ok) | Pronunciation: Ta-wen ok
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Austrumi | Pronunciation: Aus-troo-mi
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Rytai | Pronunciation: Ree-tai
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Osten | Pronunciation: Os-ten
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Исток (Istok) | Pronunciation: Ees-tok
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Timur | Pronunciation: Tee-moor
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Lvant | Pronunciation: Luh-vant
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 东 (Dōng) | Pronunciation: Dong
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – पूर्व (Purva) | Pronunciation: Poor-va
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Зүүн (Züün) | Pronunciation: Zoo-un
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – पूर्व (Poorva) | Pronunciation: Poor-va
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Øst | Pronunciation: Ust
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – ختیځ (Khatiz) | Pronunciation: Kha-teez
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – شرق (Sharq) | Pronunciation: Sharq
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Wschód | Pronunciation: Vshood
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Leste | Pronunciation: Les-tee
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Est | Pronunciation: Est
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Восток (Vostok) | Pronunciation: Vos-tok
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Istok | Pronunciation: Ees-tok
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – නැගෙනහිර (Nægenahira) | Pronunciation: Nae-gen-a-hi-ra
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Východ | Pronunciation: Vee-khod
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Vzhod | Pronunciation: Vz-hod
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Bariga | Pronunciation: Ba-ree-ga
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Este | Pronunciation: Es-te
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mashariki | Pronunciation: Ma-sha-ree-kee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Öst | Pronunciation: Ust
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Шарқ (Sharq) | Pronunciation: Sharq
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – கிழக்கு (Kizhakku) | Pronunciation: Kee-zha-kku
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – తూర్పు (Toorpu) | Pronunciation: Toor-poo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ทิศตะวันออก (Tits tawan ok) | Pronunciation: Tits ta-wan ok
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Doğu | Pronunciation: Doe-goo
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Схід (Skhid) | Pronunciation: Skhid
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – مشرق (Mashriq) | Pronunciation: Mash-riq
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sharq | Pronunciation: Shark
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Đông | Pronunciation: Dong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Dwyrain | Pronunciation: Doo-wrain