wrist

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From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.

198 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: махъвшIа́ (maqwčʼá) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Abaza: напIбла́хъ (napʼbláq) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Abkhaz: анапа́хәда (anapʼáxwda) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Afrikaans: pols — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Afrikaans: handgewrig — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Dupaningan Agta: pongotan — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Albanian: kyç i dorës — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Southern Altai: билек (bilek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Southern Altai: кол билек (kol bilek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Arabic: مِعْصَم (miʕṣam) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Arabic: رُسْغ (rusḡ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Arabic: رست (rest) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Arabic: رسغ (rusğ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Arabic: رُسُغْ (rusuḡ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Iraqi Arabic: رُسُغْ (rusuḡ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Armenian: դաստակ (dastak) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Azerbaijani: bilək — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Bashkir: ҡушҡар (quşqar) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Basque: eskumutur — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Belarusian: запя́сце (zapjáscje) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Bhojpuri: कलाई (kalāī) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Bau Bidayuh: angam — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Breton: arzorn — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Bulgarian: ки́тка (kítka) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Carpathian Rusyn: за́пясть (zápjastʹ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Catalan: canell — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Catalan: monyica — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Catalan: govanella — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chechen: куьйган хьакхолг (küügan ḥraqolg) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chinese Cantonese: 手腕 (sau2 wun2) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chinese: шуванзы (šuvanzɨ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Hakka Chinese: 手腕 (sú-vón) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chinese: 手腕 (zh-min-nan) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chinese Mandarin: 手腕 (shǒuwàn) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chinese Mandarin: 腕子 (wànzi) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Chuvash: ал сыппи (al s̬yppi) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ngazidja Comorian: nkundrwe — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Coptic: ⲓⲛⲓ (ini) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Coptic: ϣⲙⲟⲩ (šmou) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Cornish: konna bregh — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Czech: zápěstí — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Danish: håndled — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Daur: bageljaar — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Dutch: pols — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Erzya: кедькирьга (keďkiŕga) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Esperanto: pojno — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Estonian: ranne — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Faroese: handleggur — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Finnish: ranne — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• French: poignet — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• West-Frisian: pols — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Friulian: pols — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Galician: pulso — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Georgian: მაჯა (maǯa) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• German: Handgelenk — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Greek: καρπός (karpós) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Greenlandic: paffik — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Mbya Guarani: poapy — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Gujarati: કાંડુ (kā̃ḍu) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Haitian Creole: ponyèt — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Hebrew: שורש כף היד (šóreš kaf hayad) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Hindi: कलाई (kalāī) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Hungarian: csukló — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Icelandic: úlnliður — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ido: karpo — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Indonesian: pergelangan tangan — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ingrian: käsiranne — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ingush: пхьарса юхь (pḥrarsa juḥr) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Interlingua: carpo — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Irish: rosta — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Irish: bunrí — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Irish: caol na láimhe — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Irish: bunrí — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Italian: polso — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Japanese: 手首 (tekubi) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Kaitag: хъявнякъкъ (qəvnəɢɢ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Karachay-Balkar: бууун (buuun) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Karakalpak: билек — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Karelian: kaluin — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Kazakh: білек (bılek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Khakas: білек (bìlek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Khmer: កដៃ (kɑɑ day) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Komi-Zyrian: килутш (kiluč) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Komi-Zyrian: лутш (luč) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Korean: 손목 (sonmok) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Korean: 팔목 (palmok) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Northern Kurdish: zend — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Northern Kurdish: meçek — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Northern Kurdish: bask — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Kyrgyz: кырк муун (kırk muun) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Latgalian: dalns — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Latin: carpus — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Latvian: delna — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Lezgi: гъилин цIум (ġilin cIum) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Lithuanian: riešas — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Low German: Wrist — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Low German: Handlitt — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Malagasy: hatotanana — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Malay: pergelangan tangan — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Malay: karpus — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Manx: mwannal laue — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Marathi: मनगट (mangaṭ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Eastern Mari: кидшарча (kidšarča) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Western Mari: кид пӓгӓркӓ (kid pägärkä) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Central Melanau: ligok — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Mòcheno: pols — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Moksha: кядь эзне (käď ezne) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Mongolian: бугуй (buguj) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠤ (baɣuu) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Khiamniungan Naga: phǖtàp — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Classical Nahuatl: māquechtli — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Nanai: комбио (kombio) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tundra Nenets: нгуда сэхэр — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Nepali: नाडी (nāḍī) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Nivkh: торпа (torpa) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Nogai: билек (bilek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Norman: pouogniet — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Norman: pouongnet — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Norman: pwẽ — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndledd — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: handledd — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Occitan: ponhet — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Old English: wríst — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Old Norse: ulfliðr — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Old Norse: hreifi — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Pashto: مړوند (maṛwánd) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Pashto: مچ (moc) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Persian: مچ (moč) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Persian: مچ دست (moč-e dast) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Persian: خرده (xorde) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Persian: خردگاه (xordgâh) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Plautdietsch: Hauntjelenkj — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Polish: nadgarstek — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Portuguese: punho — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Portuguese: pulso — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Portuguese: munheca — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Punjabi: ਗੁੱਟ (guṭṭa) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Quechua: maki muqu — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Romanian: încheietura mâinii — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Romanian: încheietură — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Romansh: giugadira dal maun — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Russian: запя́стье (zapjástʹje) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Rutul: хылид цIум (ꭓɨlid cIum) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Scots: shackle-bane — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Scottish Gaelic: caol-dùirn — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Sebop: penguwan — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: запестје — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: dоручје — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: запешћај — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: запешће — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: зглавак — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: било — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: zapestje — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: doručje — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: zapešćaj — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: zapešće — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: zglavak — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Serbo-Croatian: bilo — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Shor: пилек — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Sicilian: pusu — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Sikaiana: hati na lima — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Slovak: zápestie — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Slovene: zapestje — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Lower Sorbian: rucne zgibadło — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Upper Sorbian: ručne zhibowadło — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Spanish: muñeca — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Swedish: handled — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tabasaran: къулбагь (q̄ulbah) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tagalog: galanggalangan — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tagalog: pulso — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tamil: மணிக்கட்டு (maṇikkaṭṭu) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Telugu: మణికట్టు (maṇikaṭṭu) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Thai: ข้อมือ (kɔ̂ɔ-mʉʉ) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tibetan: མཁྲིག་མ། (mkhrig ma) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tocharian B: āto — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Turkish: bilek — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ottoman Turkish: بیلك (bilek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ottoman Turkish: معصم (mısam) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Turkmen: goşar — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Turkmen: bilek — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Tuvan: билек (bilek) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Udmurt: суйпос (sujpos) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Udmurt: кипос (kipos) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Ukrainian: зап'я́стя (zapʺjástja) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Urdu: کَلَائِی (kalāī) — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Uzbek: bilak — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Venetan: polso — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Venetan: pols — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Vietnamese: cổ tay — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Volapük: riet — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Võro: randmõs — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Welsh: arddwrn — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Woiwurrung: ngoangnatta — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Woiwurrung: kra-wel — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Xhosa: isihlahla — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Zhuang: gengoenh — joint where the hand is attached to the arm
• Zulu: isihlakala — joint where the hand is attached to the arm