eastern

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• UK: /ˈiː.stən/
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• US: /ˈi.stɚn/
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From Middle English esturne, esterne, from Old English ēasterne (“eastern”), from Proto-Germanic *austrōnijaz (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2ews-ro- (“eastern”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2ews- (“dawn, east”). Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German ōstrōni (“eastern”), Old Norse austrœnn (“eastern”). Morphologically east + -ern.

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: lindor — related to the east
• Arabic: شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy) — related to the east
• Arabic: شرقي (šarʔi) — related to the east
• Arabic: شَرْقي (šargi) — related to the east
• Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — related to the east
• Azerbaijani: şərqi — related to the east
• Azerbaijani: şərq — related to the east
• Belarusian: усхо́дні (usxódni) — related to the east
• Belarusian: ўсхо́дні (wsxódni) — related to the east
• Bengali: পূর্ব (purbo) — related to the east
• Bulgarian: и́зточен (íztočen) — related to the east
• Burmese: အရှေ့ (a.hre.) — related to the east
• Catalan: oriental — related to the east
• Chinese Mandarin: 東方的 /东方的 (dōngfāng de) — related to the east
• Chinese Mandarin: 東 /东 (dōng) — related to the east
• Czech: východní — related to the east
• Danish: østlig — related to the east
• Danish: østre — related to the east
• Dutch: oostelijk — related to the east
• Egyptian: iAb-b-y:D41 (jꜣbj) — related to the east
• Esperanto: orienta — related to the east
• Estonian: idamaine — related to the east
• Estonian: ida- — related to the east
• Finnish: itäinen — related to the east
• Finnish: itä- — related to the east
• French: oriental — related to the east
• Georgian: აღმოსავლური (aɣmosavluri) — related to the east
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთის (aɣmosavletis) — related to the east
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთისა (aɣmosavletisa) — related to the east
• German: östlich — related to the east
• German: Ost- — related to the east
• Greek: ανατολικός (anatolikós) — related to the east
• Ancient Greek: ἀνατολικός (anatolikós) — related to the east
• Hebrew: מִזְרָחִי (mizrakhí) — related to the east
• Hindi: पूर्वी (pūrvī) — related to the east
• Hindi: पूरबी (pūrbī) — related to the east
• Hindi: पूर्वीय (pūrvīya) — related to the east
• Hungarian: keleti — related to the east
• Icelandic: austur — related to the east
• Ingrian: itäin — related to the east
• Italian: orientale — related to the east
• Japanese: 東の (higashi no) — related to the east
• Japanese: 東方の (tōhō no) — related to the east
• Kazakh: шығыс (şyğys) — related to the east
• Khmer: ខាងកើត (khaang kaət) — related to the east
• Korean: 동(東)쪽의 (dongjjog-ui) — related to the east
• Northern Kurdish: rojhilatî — related to the east
• Kyrgyz: чыгыштык (cıgıştık) — related to the east
• Kyrgyz: чыгыш (cıgış) — related to the east
• Lao: ຕາເວັນອອກ (tā wen ʼǭk) — related to the east
• Latin: orientalis — related to the east
• Latvian: austrumu — related to the east
• Lithuanian: rytinis — related to the east
• Lithuanian: rytų — related to the east
• Macedonian: источен (istočen) — related to the east
• Malayalam: കിഴക്കൻ (kiḻakkaṉ) — related to the east
• Norwegian Bokmål: østre — related to the east
• Norwegian Bokmål: østlig — related to the east
• Norwegian Nynorsk: austre — related to the east
• Occitan: oriental — related to the east
• Odia: ପୂର୍ବୀୟ (purbiya) — related to the east
• Pashto: شرقي (šarqi) — related to the east
• Iranian Persian: شَرْقی (šarġi) — related to the east
• Iranian Persian: مَشْرِقی (mašreġi) — related to the east
• Polish: wschodni — related to the east
• Portuguese: oriental — related to the east
• Portuguese: do leste — related to the east
• Punjabi: ਪੂਰਬੀ (pūrbī) — related to the east
• Romanian: estic — related to the east
• Romanian: oriental — related to the east
• Romanian: de est — related to the east
• Romanian: răsăritean — related to the east
• Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — related to the east
• Scottish Gaelic: sear — related to the east
• Scottish Gaelic: an ear — related to the east
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝсточнӣ — related to the east
• Serbo-Croatian: ìstočnī — related to the east
• Slovak: východný — related to the east
• Slovene: vzhoden — related to the east
• Upper Sorbian: wuchodny — related to the east
• Spanish: oriental — related to the east
• Spanish: esteño — related to the east
• Swedish: östra — related to the east
• Swedish: östlig — related to the east
• Tajik: шарқӣ (šarqi) — related to the east
• Tatar: көнчыгыш (könçığış) — related to the east
• Thai: ตะวันออก (dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk) — related to the east
• Turkish: doğu — related to the east
• Ottoman Turkish: شرقی (şarkî) — related to the east
• Turkmen: gündogar — related to the east
• Ukrainian: схі́дний (sxídnyj) — related to the east
• Urdu: مَشْرِقی (maśriqī) — related to the east
• Urdu: شَرْقی (śarqī) — related to the east
• Uyghur: شەرقىي (sherqiy) — related to the east
• Uzbek: sharqiy — related to the east
• Vietnamese: đông — related to the east
• Welsh: dwyreiniol — related to the east
• Yiddish: מיזרחדיק (mizrekhdik) — related to the east
• Armenian: արեւելյան (arewelyan) — blowing from the east
• Bulgarian: и́зточен (íztočen) — blowing from the east
• Catalan: llevant — blowing from the east
• Czech: východní — blowing from the east
• Danish: østlig — blowing from the east
• Finnish: itäinen — blowing from the east
• Finnish: itä- — blowing from the east
• Galician: soán — blowing from the east
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთის (aɣmosavletis) — blowing from the east
• Georgian: აღმოსავლეთიდან (aɣmosavletidan) — blowing from the east
• Hindi: पूर्वी (pūrvī) — blowing from the east
• Hindi: पूरबी (pūrbī) — blowing from the east
• Hindi: पूर्वीय (pūrvīya) — blowing from the east
• Polish: wschodni — blowing from the east
• Portuguese: leste — blowing from the east
• Russian: восто́чный (vostóčnyj) — blowing from the east
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝсточнӣ — blowing from the east
• Serbo-Croatian: ìstočnī — blowing from the east
• Swedish: ostlig — blowing from the east